Quotes About Endurance

My thing of not playing offensive tackle is the health issue. I don't want to be that big. That could end up not being good for your health.

If your ankle is damaged and you get another heavy tackle on it the pain is always with you.

Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting up.

A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.

Running back-to-back races requires a certain tactical prudence. Going too hard in any one race might jeopardize your performance in another. Maintaining proper hydration and caloric equilibrium also becomes increasingly critical.

I never put a 'last one' tag on my fights because you never know.

It's not easy not getting playing time, but you have to keep showing up and working your tail off to be ready.

Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.

Ain't no point in stopping or slowing down. Ain't like no 'A'ight, I'm done with this, now take a break,' you just keep going.

You've got to take the bitter with the sour.

I've suffered rib injuries, but I've never had a broken one. I've dislocated it and popped it, and even that, a big step down from broken, it hurts so bad. But you can't really move. You can't even fully breathe and take a deep breath of air.

Bloggers and stores and publications and brands and houses all need to sort of take a deep breath and relax because no one is going away. The brands aren't going away. The designers, bloggers, publications aren't going away.

I think if I take care of my body it should continue to work the same way.

I've got to take care of the knee to finish the season healthy.

I just feel like it's my job to take care of my body. I play a contact sport, 99.9 percent injury rate. As far as being injury-prone or getting hurt, it's going to happen. But it's my job to take care of my body, come week in and week out.

Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat.

I've taken great pride in not being fragile.

I'm fortunate in one way and I can take pride from the fact that I've consistently performed for 10 years, which is something that not many people can do. I've consistently stayed near the top for 10 years which is maybe something that is overlooked and taken for granted.

It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.

Discipline, focus, endurance is what it takes to be the greatest at this sport.

I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot.