David Silva Quotes

Only players can understand what it's like, travelling and playing every three days, it gets on top of you.

Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

These NBA seasons are such a grind; it really takes a toll on your body.

It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

The thing is the game is getting tougher and tougher and we have to ask a lot of our bodies.

You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.

That's a part that's always a challenge for athletes: trying to keep the passion alive while knowing it's still your job. There's no question that at some point, probably sooner rather than later, I'll be pretty burned out. And when that time comes, then I'll take a step back and take a look at it and see if I want to keep going.

In a cricket career, your life is in some ways controlled for you. You have no control over schedules, you have no control about where you want to play, you don't have control over that as a cricketer.

Just about every player on tour has a bad back. It's just one of those games that does mess you up a little bit. You've got to keep looking after it.

Touring is hard on the body.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job.

Even if you see a great performance, it's not always great getting there. There are injuries... Intrinsically or unconsciously, people understand that - people see those performances, and they know there are stories behind that.

It's impossible in heptathlon to have a proper rivalry - you're spending two days together and seven events and dedicate your life to it. It's like a marathon: two days of mental and physical exhaustion.

I'm working with elite players, and they test and challenge you.

You imagine running 120 miles a week, week in, week out, for the past four or five years. It takes a little bit out of you.

Celtic are one of the great clubs of the world. There's a pressure here that's different. You have to win every game. There's not a club in England that has that.

The competition is tough at the international level. There are very good players.

Football players have a great life, but we're only human.

You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it's going to take a toll on your body. But that's what we're out here for. We're out here to play.

It's mentally draining to be on 100% of the time on both ends of the floor, especially when you're the team's undisputed shot creator.

Under the lights, there's a lot of pressure, my first big show. The mental pressure drained me out a bit. I was fit and healthy, but I was thinking, 'Why am I tired?' There are so many things that go on in there.