Mohammad Amir Quotes

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.

My body is not the same anymore for training. It's too much pain. I did more than 14 surgeries. I left everything in the Octagon.

Any athlete will tell you that it's the most difficult thing in the world being injured.

When you sign for a new club, you just want to play, and when injury stops you, it is frustrating.

There were times while I was injured at Villa when I felt like I was a ghost.

I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.

Am I ever going to be able to play football again? What's going on with my career? I was just thinking things like that. You've got tears going down your eyes. You've got your trainers right there and my parents right there. I was just thinking, "Is this it?" I didn't know what a knee injury was. I'd never felt pain like that.

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I remember when your average NFL player would come to the sideline, spit out three bicuspids, Scotch-tape his humerus together and get back out there.

People don't understand how hard it is to be injured, not to be part of the team but to watch from the side.

It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.

I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me.

You're sitting at home in a cast or a boot and it's tough, because all you've got is negative thoughts going through your head. Once you start to move and run a little bit, the confidence comes back, and then it's just a matter of time before you come back to be yourself.

I've done what I could as far as getting physically healthy after my knee injury, and I've done what I could to get mentally healthy after losing my husband.

I had to sit out for 21 weeks. I got to feel what it would be like if I didn't play, and I can't imagine not playing.

I once thought I would never be able to kick a ball again.

It can be a lonely place when you are injured. You miss being out there with your team-mates and just experiencing the highs and the lows.

When you get injured for a long time, it's not nice because you are out of the team and not involved anymore.

Of course I want to keep playing; that's the best thing for any footballer. But I'm looking forward to not having to put my body through the pain, I have to say.

I had a couple of severe injuries, and it's not easy to watch your team from a bed in a hospital!

Only being able to watch is the hardest thing for any footballer.

I was miserable at uni. There were months at a time when I wouldn't leave the house unless it was to buy food. I lost a lot of friendships. I later lost jobs because of my mental health.

I've played with a lot of injuries.

You get into depression when you are sitting at home and have no work, especially after being at the top of your game.

When I was injured after 'Kill Bill' I had a year where I not just couldn't make any money but I couldn't swim, I couldn't surf, I could hardly run, which is insane. I couldn't do gymnastics, martial arts, I could barely crawl on all fours. That was devastating to me.

A lot of fighters get frustrated when they're not active.