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I've had so many injuries.

I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.

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.

I don't worry about numbers. I worry about wins. You can see all the years that my numbers went down and how many championships I've got. That's what I worry about.

Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.

When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.

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.

I wouldn't take any of my injuries back; I feel like I'm stronger as an athlete because of all those setbacks.

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game.