Blake Griffin Quotes

I've picked up a lot of injuries, and there's been games when I've looked back and watched and thought, 'I could have done this better,' 'I could have done that better.'

Anytime an athlete deals with an injury, it forces you to revaluate and refocus.

I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do.

I am still feeling my calf strain, so I have been unable to train this week. I will again have to sit out the weekend action, but the lads are climbing ever higher to safety.

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

When you train the way I do, injuries are going to happen.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.

Every dancer has injuries, and your injury could happen that season that you were getting that one part that you've wanted to do your whole career. So you have to appreciate every single moment until it happens.

I had a hard time at Chelsea mainly because I was injured much of the time. Every time I recovered from one injury I seemed to get a new one and it set me back again.

Injuries is a part of a sportsmen life; you have to live with it. You can't be down with that; it is not gonna help you.

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played.

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

Before I got injured, football was very easy, I didn't have to work out.

People get injured everyday doing simple things. The problem comes sometimes when people crank up the intensity on skilled movements before they are ready.

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.

If you see me when I first burst onto the scene, you see how quickly I could turn for a big lad and how fast I was up and down the pitch. Then I started picking and choosing my time to go forwards because I was scared of my hamstring going or my knee not dealing with it.

When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out.

I would go into practice pushing the body despite any injuries. It's a good thing but a bad thing. It's good because your body is quick to adapt, but it's a bad thing because you are forcing your body, and it can't recover as well.

I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.

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