Injuries is a part of a sportsmen life; you have to live with it. You can't be down with that; it is not gonna help you.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.
Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.
Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.
If you play football, there's going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.
Injuries are not only a physical question, which is the most important thing, of course, but also a question of your mind. If you're thinking: 'I'm not going to make it', 'I can't cope', 'it hurts', 'it's never going to get better', then it won't.
I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.
What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back.
I wouldn't take any of my injuries back; I feel like I'm stronger as an athlete because of all those setbacks.
When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.
As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.
No opposing quotes found.