Quotes About Injury

Some of the great John Wayne hero things that have ever happened in football happened because people play hurt.

We got to think of other ways to help these kids out because there's a lot of kids who get hurt in college and then don't make it to the NFL and don't have insurance, and their entire lives are changed when they put their bodies on the line for their school.

You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.

I have bad feet and I have weak ankles.

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

It's been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

Anyone who was been injured for a long period can emphasise how happy you are when you are able to be back on the pitch.

If I have got an injury, I have got an injury. Whenever I want to play for Nigeria, I must be 100 percent, I want to give everything. But if I have got an injury, I don't want to force myself, because I am going to look stupid on the pitch.

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

A pitcher's arm goes, and they're done.

I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do.

When you're hurting after a match, the last thing you want to do is get in a car or on a plane to get to the next city.

I had actually had an injury that happened to me personally on a flight - an overhead bag fell directly on top of my head while I was on a plane. I was out of it; I was completely out of it.

There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small airport, checks out the Rockfort plane and flies himself and Elena to safety. Only when he knows they are out of danger does he allow himself to sit down on the couch and admit he's injured - to a horrified Elena.

The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.

I have a plate on my neck. I had my neck fused.

I have an eight-inch plate in my shoulder with eight screws.

If we get in an accident that's strong enough to break bones, it's going to break bones. What makes me a little bit higher risk is that if I break my right ankle again, I've got a bunch of screws and plates in there, and that would not be good.

I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.

None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for.

My dad always played sports. He played football. I always wanted to play football because my dad played football, but my mom never wanted me to play football because she said she couldn't take me getting hit.

I wouldn't let my children play football.

My mother wouldn't let me play football because she was afraid I would get hurt, so I played flag football.

The golf bag hurts my shoulder too much; I prefer to play football.