Muscle Soreness Quotes

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

When I play on grass, my body doesn't ache. It can get sore, but it doesn't pulse, and my legs don't ache. When I play on turf, my legs can pulse and ache for up to 24 hours, and it could take 3-5 days to recover, whereas grass, after 24 hours, I'm ready to play again.

To help my muscles rebuild after I work out, I have a small serving of cottage cheese.

I used to do too much weight training years ago. You probably wouldn't see it on me but I probably had a bit too much muscle.

We play a lot of tennis, and we work out at the gym three or four times a week. As you get older, you feel those aches and pains, so Advil's become a friend in the house.

I don't get sore. If you're working out every day, you're not going to be sore.

You can't really sit around when you're sore. You've got to get up and work all that lactic acid out.

Me, guarding the best post players in the league, it definitely takes a toll on your body. But that's why I get massages regularly, cold tub, foot baths, rest and the weight room.

When you get old, everything is hurting. When I get up in the morning, it sounds like I'm making popcorn.

I actually don't get massages very much. But Epsom salt baths are better than any massage.

A player needs recovery time, and it isn't possible to recover from one race in an hour.

I can understand how people who don't really follow baseball can look at 'dead arm' and think the absolute worst. Basically, a dead arm is when your arm kind of feels a little heavy, kind of feels weak, and basically, it's just muscular fatigue.

You've just got to train hard. Conditioning is key, recovery is key. As hard as you work, recovery is just as important. All the soft-tissue work daily, all the things that keep me clean. And you've always got to be aware of what you're eating, what you're putting inside your body. That's key as well.

You don't have niggles when you're 20. But as you get older you start to feel it.

I felt pain every night. After games, it took me a long time to walk to my car, and the driving home, it took me a couple of minutes even to get out of my car and extend my legs and just walk.

I have a personal trainer who comes over at least four times a week and kicks my butt. I get so sore that I can't even walk.

I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.

I do know when my body is ready or when it's going to perform best for me.

For $60, I once bought a neck massage at a 'massage parlor' that advertised in 'The Washington Post.'

Women can overdo it in their commitment to muscle development.

Some people feel stronger in their 30s. I'm 34. I've noticed I do feel stronger now than when I was 24. But I'm also more sore in the mornings. If I have a bump or a bruise from practice, it takes me a little bit more than just an ice bath to get rid of it. At the end of the week, my body's ready for a day off.

You can only stay at a high level so long before you need to rest your body.

The game takes a toll on your body.

Nobody's feeling, after 10 days of playing every day, 100 per cent ready or fit.

I don't want to wrestle past 35. There's just too much physical strain with 250-pound men slamming into each other.