This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you feel pain, you have to make up your mind whether you can play with it or not.
A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.
People play with pain all the time.
There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.
I should hurt a lot more people than I do. I'd like to hurt someone on every play.
People get hurt all the time in the game of football, it's part of what we do.
They said if I could deal with the pain, I should play. So, I did, and for some reason, I started hitting. It was a weird thing. I don't know if it was because I couldn't do too much, and I was just trying to stay up through the middle and not hurt myself.
Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can.
There's a handful of situations already in two games - some hits I don't need to take - and I'm taking them because I'm stringing out the play.
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