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Playing 82 games is a haul, and with eight or nine exhibition games, it's a long process. You've got to take care of your…

— Blake Griffin

Sixteen, 17 games in a season is a lot of wear and tear on the body, especially for guys who don't come out when…

— Mack Brown

I always think that from 17 until 22, you have to play every week, 30, 40 games in a year.

— Frank de Boer

We want to play as many games as we can. The goal is to prepare yourself to endure the whole season.

— Mac Jones

You know you're going to have 162 games. You're going to have six months to play this game and playing every day is going…

— Anthony Rendon

Our schedule is intense. We do this for five nights a week, so injuries can happen very easily with the demands of the job.…

— Neville

That's my plan in the offseason: to work hard and to try to play as many games as I can and stay healthy.

— Yadier Molina

When I was playing, I would have been against an 18-game schedule. It would have been really demanding on everybody's body, but even worse…

— Jerome Bettis

You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick…

— Hank Aaron

It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.

— Zack Greinke

You have to be careful not to do too much before games and wear yourself out.

— Xander Bogaerts

I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have…

— Billie Jean King