Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Quotes

I mean, I think I'm doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.

No matter how well I have taken care of my body, I have been injured a few times, which is very unfortunate and which is very disappointing. But each time, I have come back, I have come back stronger, and I have come back hungrier.

I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during 'Rocky II' and had 60 stitches. If you've seen 'Rocky Balboa,' you'll know how bad they look.

My knee is as strong as it was before, if not stronger, and it's a matter of getting my leg strong. I lost six years of strength in about six month's time, so it's going to take another year or two to get that leg back up to full strength, but I'm good to go so far.

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

Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.

The only way to get a three to four-month break would be to tear a tendon or a hamstring or something like that.

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've got cut half in two, once, and blowed up a time or two, but nothing permanent.

I think I had about a month off when I broke my rib in Australia, which was magnificent.

Persevering and getting through hardship makes you tough, and at our house we celebrate stitches. As long as we didn't do permanent damage to their spine that's going to have lasting effect, we applaud and celebrate stitches at our house.

I was stabbed when I was 17. It was touch and go, and my lung collapsed, and I was in hospital for five days. It is part of my back story.

Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

Even when I was hurt with triple ACL reconstructive surgeries, there was a target on my back. I had to come back and fight through it.

I've had a lot of injuries. I had to learn a lot. Despite everything, I still have confidence.

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!

I've been through seasons where I've not played a lot of games, and its been difficult due to injuries and stuff like that.

It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.

I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.

Sometimes it's been difficult to stay positive, especially after the injuries that I've had, which have been frustrating.

I know my knee's going to heal. I know it's going to get back. I just don't know when.

I ended up breaking a bone in my foot early in my rookie season, and honestly, it was kind of a blessing. I had so much free time while being laid up that I put a lot of time in on film to understand the game from a different vantage point.

It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.

I have no fear of anybody or anything happening to me in WWE because nothing can be as bad as some of the injuries I went through and some of the grotesque things that have happened to my body.