Ball player Quote by Alexis Sanchez

Anybody can play football if they're healthy - that's easy. But at the professional level, injuries are part of the game. Aches and pains…

— Mark Schlereth

I mean, when you sign up to play a game like football, you have to deal with certain things and a certain level of…

— Jason Taylor

As a player, you have to learn to deal with outside situations without bringing them onto the pitch. For some people, that can be…

— Nicklas Bendtner

In football, you never know. There could be one or two injuries that crop up and you may be needed so I always try…

— Ilkay Gundogan

Everyone thinks if they have a problem, the first thing they want to do is play football and enjoy themselves.

— Patrice Evra

The knee just isn't 100 percent. It's hard to be out there when you know that you can't play at your best and could…

— Serena Williams

If studies come out and show that playing football is detrimental to your health for the long term, even for the short term, I…

— Steve Largent

The day you play football will be the last day you're pain-free. It's a physical game; you're going to be hurt. But being injured…

— Jason Taylor

You have to admit, yes you play football, but at the same time you must not forget you are a defender and have to…

— Davinson Sanchez

If you are hurting inside, you can't really show it because you want the team to do well because that's part of football.

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

As a football player, you just deal with injuries. It's all part of the football game. I've dealt with injuries as much as everybody…

— Troy Polamalu

People didn't want to accept that I was injured. I played on a bad knee, a really bad knee, for a long time. I…

— Penny Hardaway