Accepting Quote by Tori Murden

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with…

— George A. Sheehan

I'm an ardent tennis player. I'm like an overenthusiastic child out there and I've damaged my back. It's not that it's crippling pain, more…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

There's two kinds of pain in sports: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret.

— Jeff Blatnick

Pain is part of the sport.

— Conor McGregor

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

— Julian Edelman

Virtues, of ... Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

— Benjamin Franklin

“I believe the ability to view the agony and discomfort of a miserable and painful situation as a character building and physically strengthening experience.…

— Kyle Rohrig

“Every adversity, every unpleasant circumstance, every failure, and every physical pain carries with it the seed of an equivalent benefit.”

— Napoleon Hill

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.

— Kim Clijsters

“Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their new lives…

— Jemele Hill

“Misery, like yoga, is not a competitive sport”

— Matt Haig