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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.

Obviously, not playing a game before playoffs is something that happened, but especially going into the playoffs, you try to feel yourself out, where you're at, and then get right into game tempo and jump right in and play where you were before the injury.

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.

Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.

There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.

You have to be a good team, but you have to be lucky and stay away from injuries.

Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

I've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more injuries. Everything has been less continuous and it has cost me more progress. Continuity is what got me where I am.

Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.