Quotes About Endurance

People didn't want to accept that I was injured. I played on a bad knee, a really bad knee, for a long time. I actually put team before me and played when I was hurt, but people still would dog me.

In the cage, you can't say, 'Oh wait, that's off limits.' There's no timeouts, there's no substitutions and there's no saying my knee is off limits. This is a full contact sport.

I've been in constant pain with my knee injury.

I really wanted to focus on my legs, and get the legs strong, get the quads strong so I can control the knee.

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.

I've had my elbows operated on, both my knees are shot, I've got stitches everywhere.

My knees have just gotten to the point where they just get beat up.

I train until I fall on my knees. If I don't do that, I don't feel good.

To feel love is the most incredible feeling in the world. To lose it will nearly end you and take you to your knees, but there's always more.

I went through three surgeries on my hip and knees.

The fight will last as long as I allow it to last, and then I will knock him out.

I don't try to knock out people.

You can knock me all you want, but professional basketball players are an elite group and I've been doing it 12 years.

You can be knocked down, but it doesn't mean you're out.

I didn't need to get knocked down to know the fortitude that I have in me.

If you get knocked down - setbacks in life, like applying for a job if they don't hire you - keep trying, keep getting up, keep doing it.

I've knocked guys out in the 11th round before, late.

People can look at my style and my faults, point out all the things I didn't do as well as other fighters but I was never knocked out or stopped.

I'm human. I have bad games, I have bad moments, but that's me. I cannot stay on the floor, knocked out. I have to keep going.

When you lose badly, when you get knocked out and the ref has to stop it, that's when you know it's been a bad fight. But when you lose a fight having over the 12 rounds and you don't look like you've done any rounds, that's when you know it's quite good.

When life knocks you down, keep getting up.

The physio side probably stemmed from the knocks I got as a player.