There are all kinds of quotes circulating out there about injury. Here’s a short compilation of some good ones.

Some quotes are deep and meaningful:

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. –Marcus Aurelius
 
Advice after injury is like medicine after death. –Proverbs
 
The downside isn’t really injury, fear of injury, or the process of fighting injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery. –Greg Rusedski
 
Some are personal:
 
I might be one of the most injured athletes in the history of sports. –Bill Walton
 
I just have to make sure that in my mind, I’m ready for being able to play with the pain. –Kim Clijsters
 
I was running for a ball and totally twisted my ankle—things just spiraled downward from there. –Serena Williams
 
I don’t want to do the batsman permanent injury—just to cause him concern. –Dennis Lillee
 
And some are a little too personal:
 
And he’s got the icepack on his groin there, so possibly not the old shoulder injury. –Ray French
 
We pray for his buttocks and his family. –Jim Bowden about Jesus Colome
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