Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.
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There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.
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.
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.
If you see in sports at a super high level, people get hurt or have injuries when there isn't that pleasure, the true pleasure of the sport, when they're tired or demoralized or they're not quite focused.
People get hurt all the time in the game of football, it's part of what we do.
Injuries aren't anything foreign to me. I am used to overcoming illness and injury; you can't complain about it. When you're standing up there on the blocks, it doesn't really matter: it's all about the next minute.
When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.
Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.
It's tough to play well - or not that well - when you're injured.
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