Cases Quote by Brett Favre

For most players it's hard to accept you've ended your football career and that you have to go out and do something else. But…

— Roberto Di Matteo

Especially when it comes to the Finals and playoffs, your team needs you mentally and physically.

— Zaza Pachulia

I never want to see active or retired players ever struggle. The basic human being in me wants to see guys leave the game…

— Greg Olsen

Psychologically, for an athlete to miss a game because of injury, it's tough.

— Julian Edelman

When you're struggling, especially mentally, it's only the team who can bring you out of that situation. It's not one or two players.

— Michael Laudrup

If you're not ready mentally, it can hurt your team just as much physically.

— Trea Turner

The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons,…

— Aaron Rodgers

I'm a competitor, and I'm sure a lot of people who don't get to play because of an injury, whether it's their pride or…

— Josh Allen

Everybody dismissed athletes as being purely physical, but when you retire, you go from such an intense brain time - study of defense, audibles,…

— Thomas Jones

I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.

— Candace Parker

Injuries are psychologically so hard for an athlete because you don't get to do what you love to do.

— Julian Edelman

When you get injured for a long time, it's not nice because you are out of the team and not involved anymore.

— Thibaut Courtois