Pete Sampras Quotes

I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.

I've had one fall that I kind of hurt my toe pretty badly because I slammed into one of the set pieces. But, you know, you just get up and keep going. The adrenaline's pumping, and you just carry on!

Life was very tough, and there were times I thought I might not be able to play again.

Getting injured is a massive setback. When you look back at it, it makes you a better and a stronger person today, but at the time, it's hard to deal with.

Very few fighters get a chance to come back.

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

Where you have a little setback or you are out of the team you're considered a different player but you know you will come out of the other side of it.

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

It's frustrating when you want to play but can't. I didn't touch a racket for three weeks and when I started playing again last week, I still felt some pain in my wrist.

Sometimes you just have to play in pain.

You think about when I went to Miami. I played as a freshman, I go in and compete to be a starter, I tear my ACL. Come back, I start, I get off to a good couple of games and I get hurt again. You hear everybody saying, 'Oh, he's done.' I get drafted in the third round. People still said I got drafted too high, saying I'll only play three years.

Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain….Once; someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. ‘PLEASURE???? I said.’ ‘I don’t understand the question.’ I didn’t do it for the pleasure; I did it for the pain.

Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing.

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.

The spirits increase, vigor grows through a wound.

I had three sessions of chemotherapy so it was really tough, it was hard to go through it. But while I was going through my treatment, I was always motivated that I was going to come back and play for India. I think that's what kept me going and got me through.

Everyone crashes Some get back on Some don't Some can't.

It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person.

I've been beaten, I've been bruised, I was left for dead as well.

Every lion has a time in their life when a thorn has got to them at one point.

Your setback is just a setup for your comeback.

It took a long time for me to walk. I was falling down all the time. But I ended up being one of the dangerous men, who broke so many people's noses, which is bad.

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

You may be in a tough time but that setback is simply a setup for a greater comeback.