It's a mental battle trying to come back from injuries and I don't feel like having that mental battle with myself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
I used to keep injuries to myself. It would just make it worse and worse. Now I'm having none of that.
I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.
People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.
In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.
Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.
I never want to let my teammates or coaches down, so I always fight through the days when I am exhausted or experiencing discomfort with injuries and headaches.
I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.
I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
It's an emotional time for you when you get injured. You're going through so much. You have a lot of time to think to yourself.