Alexandre Pato Quotes

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.

Any time you're recovering from an injury, your main focus is trying to get back into shape, really just getting healthy again.

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

When you come off of injuries, you don't want to rush things.

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

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 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.

Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.

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.

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.

Every injury is specific to what has happened, but the advice that I will give is that if you have a lower body injury, to work your upper body out. If you have an upper body injury, work your lower body out. Again, move what is not broken and you will definitely feel better.

I have felt in my head that I would like to play, but then you listen to your body and accept it might be better that you do not play every game immediately after an injury.

Dealing with injuries each year, it's kind of like a given that it'll happen. You've just got to push through it.

When you first come back from a long-term injury, you're just trying to get your body in order and trying to get back into the training and match routine.

How can you train if you're constantly worried about getting injured?

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.

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

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.

The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.

Whenever you're coming off a serious injury, it takes time to heal.

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.

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 think I was going to play that day. I'd have to thank the training staff for getting me on the field that day. They made a bigger deal than I thought it was.

I've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more injuries. Everything has been less continuous and it has cost me more progress. Continuity is what got me where I am.