It's tough to play well - or not that well - when you're injured.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.
Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.
In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.
If you can lessen the chance of a bad injury by being strong, you have to do it.
Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.
I hope to play well and get better and better.
How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.
You have to be a good team, but you have to be lucky and stay away from injuries.
The knee just isn't 100 percent. It's hard to be out there when you know that you can't play at your best and could potentially make it worse.
What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.