There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.
I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.
No other athlete in any sport has ever had to go through what I have to.
An athlete may not know what they're putting in their body.
I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.
If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.
Every athlete, I think, would like to play forever. They never want to acknowledge that they've lost a step or they can't quite do what they did before.
Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.
There are times when a sports figure doesn't deserve sympathy.
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