Marquise Goodwin Quotes

I've had injuries before. They are just obstacles to overcome.

I don't even remember how many times I've sprained my ankle. I've had stress fractures galore and torn my PCL. You just take a little time off if you have the time, and if not, you keep training until you can take the time off.

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'm quite used to playing with few injuries, whether it is back, fingers, elbow, or something else. You have to be tough and get on with the game.

Because of my sports background, I know how to overcome wear and tear and how to temporarily fix injuries on the spot.

You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.

People probably don't realise, but you often train harder when you're injured than when you're fit.

I'm pretty good at playing with foot injuries.

I want the opportunity to play pain-free.

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn't have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.

I've dealt with a lot of injuries over the years, and you just learn about pain management and how to keep yourself in the best shape to play on Sunday, and then playing with pain.

It's not like I'm not constantly dealing with a litany of injuries that I have myself. If it's not one thing, it's another thing, but I've just been able to keep rolling.

It's literally I'll be injured or hurt in some facet and I'll go work out to heal it, to make it get better so I can hold that tolerance level.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

I've broken my hand, I threw my back out once, and then I've had some pretty bad cuts, but that's been about it. I've been able to avoid most of the really, really bad injuries and career-ending injuries.

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

I have played with a torn bicep before. I have come back from a torn Achilles before. So I guess it's just in my DNA.

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

I think that's one of the things I've learned through my injuries is that I need to play smarter.

It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.

In the past, whenever I had a niggle, I would ignore it and let it heal on its own. Now, I tell the physio that I am facing some difficulty.

I've played with a lot of injuries.

I've had injuries in the past and I've always said that we earn our money when we're injured, because it's the hardest time. Playing football is the easy part because you're enjoying it.

I've played through a lot of injuries before, as a young kid through high school.