Quotes About Adversity

Being injured, nobody wants to be injured.

It's tough to play well - or not that well - when you're injured.

Everyone knows I like to fight injured. Half the fights I've taken, I've always been injured.

Growing up wrestling, you get injured, and they expect you back on the mat in a couple weeks unless it's really bad.

In my attempt to defend myself, I was badly injured on my left hand. I am shaken but fortunate to be alive.

I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.

You can't fault a player because he got injured.

When I was in my third tour in Afghanistan, I was shot down. I was injured to the point where I couldn't fly anymore, so I looked into what ground jobs I could do that fulfilled me as an adrenaline junkie and, more importantly, utilized my experience.

For my size, I think I played bigger than my size. I tried to play bigger, which is probably why I got as injured as I did.

It is always a shame when players are injured.

People don't wake up one morning and say: 'I fancy being injured today.' It is just the way it is.

But when you are an injured footballer, especially when you are out for as long as I was, you find out all about the dark side of the game.

A lot of my career I'm out of the gym, I'm injured and I'm blown up.

I tore my MCL and medial and lateral meniscus, too. All in one play and the first time I was really injured.

Yeah, I came back quickly, but I don't think me getting injured the second time necessarily was from coming back too early.

It got injured in 1995 and was operated upon once.

It wasn't easy playing injured.

An injured Gerrard is still better than many fully-fit players.

I can't dictate how I play because I'm injured. I've got to go out there and still play.

I was injured in the early part of 2000 and spent 10 weeks barely able to walk.

Injuries are part of life. We can't decide on that.

I've been through my fair share of injuries.

You can never control injuries. Accidents happen; that's just how things go.

I've been doubted my whole life, especially coming out of college with the injuries I had.