“It's a horrible part of the game when you have to tell a player, probably somebody who has helped you win so much that his time is up. You treat them like family, and because they are your family it becomes even more hurting in the sense that you have got to say "well son, I'm sorry, you won't be a regular here, but you will still have a career elsewhere.' It's happened more than a few times but it is not an easy thing to handle.” WellsStillsGamesWinningEasyHurtCareersPlayerHappenedSonTreatsSorryHandleHorribleOur FamilyElsewhereI'm SorryEasy ThingsLike Family Author:Alex Ferguson
“I try not to do the fantasy thing. If I didn't get hurt, what would I be? Who knows? When I look back on my career, from the hard work I put in, I got everything I deserved.” IfsKnowsTryingLooksHardHurtCareersFantasyHard Work Author:Gilbert Arenas
“Some people in Hollywood think I'm nuts with this bodybuilding stuff. They'll say, 'You're getting too big. You'll hurt your career.' But they don't understandthat high that comes from a workout, the challenge, and the personal victory.” PeopleThinkingBigsStuffChallengesHurtCareersVictoryHollywoodNutsWorkoutBodybuildingPersonal Victory Author:Joe Piscopo
“After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.” KindLongTwoDifferentPlayRunningFunHurtCareersFootballLuckyLateLegsKneesMusclesInjuryDifferent KindsHamstringsKnee Injuries Author:Joe Namath
“In my whole career, I've never really gotten hurt. The only ones that really hurt me were my wives.” WholeHurtCareersWifeMy WifeHurt Me Author:Jake LaMotta
“I remember ones I lost [shot]. I remember the ones I won, but I remember the ones I lost, something that I will never forget. Did it ruin me or hurt my career? It taught me about life, how to take the bad with the good.” RememberLostHurtForgetCareersTaughtShotsRuinsNever Forget Author:Arnold Palmer
“There is one recurring, persistent, perennial, and dogging personal problem which, more than any other, steals the force and peace of people and ruins projects and enterprises and careers. It is the habit of feeling hurt, because of what others do, or do not do and what they say or do not say” PeopleFeelingsProblemForceHurtCareersHabitProjectsStealingRuinsEnterprisePersistentHurt FeelingsRecurringPersonal Problems Book:TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN Source: TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN
“People say that marijuana is going to hurt my career. On the contrary, my fight career is getting in the way of my marijuana smoking.” PeopleWayFightingHurtCareersContrarySmokingMarijuana Author:Nick Diaz
“One of my career ambitions was fulfilled working with John [Hurt]. I loved his work long before I ever had the idea of being an actor, so I was nervous to meet him. I was like a fanboy, like that annoying character on 'Saturday Night Live'. I'm sitting there. 'Do you remember when you were in 'Midnight Express'? Remember that scene you were in?' And he doesn't disappoint.” LongIdeasCharacterRememberNightActorsHurtCareersSceneAmbitionSittingNervousAnnoyingFulfilledSaturdayMidnightRemember WhenDisappointSaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Gary Oldman
“I believe in my own abilities and my future enough that I will not take a job that could hurt the integrity of my long-term career.” BelieveLongEnoughJobsI BelieveTermHurtMy OwnAbilityCareersIntegrityI Believe InLong TermMy Future Author:Eric Balfour
“I still have the same hunger like I did 20 years ago but it's a different sort of reflection when you lose. It doesn't hurt you as much because I feel like I've had a good career.” FeelsYearsStillsDifferentLosesHurtCareersReflectionYears AgoHunger Author:Ken Doherty
“Do you want to have your feelings hurt a little bit because you have some negative feedback, or do you want to continue down the disastrous track you're on and have a huge disaster? Talk about a bruised ego. It may ruin your career.” WantMayLittlesFeelingsBitsHurtCareersHugeEgoLittle BitNegativeTrackDisasterRuinsFeedbackHurt FeelingsBruisedNegative Feedback Author:Charles Koch
“I never had a postup game, which really hurt me eventually. Later in my career, teams would put smaller guys on me to stop my shooting and driving and I wasn't able to exploit my height advantage. I would just take bigger guys outside and drive or shoot my setshot.” AbleGuyGamesHurtCareersTeamAdvantageBiggerDrivingShootingHeightExploitsHurt Me Author:Dolph Schayes
“Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.” MatterHardHurtCareersHard WorkPatienceWho You ArePatientInjuryBe PatientHaving PatiencePatience And Waiting Author:Randy Johnson
“In a fight, you got to know that there's a strong chance you're going to get hurt. But at the same time, you know, most of the injuries you sustain in fighting are not career-ending injuries.” KnowsFightingStrongHurtChanceCareersInjury Author:Jon Jones
“I never want to hurt anyone's feelings, so I used to let people walk all over me. But now, especially in my career, I'm definitely more confident in my ideas.” PeopleWantIdeasFeelingsUsedHurtWalksCareers Author:Jessica Simpson
“If you dissect my career as an actor, and you can pull out more than enough of those type of movies, from The Hurt Locker and The Town and so on and so forth, and that's kind of where our wheelhouse is. We love it.” IfsKindEnoughActorsHurtCareersTypeTownsLockersHurt Locker Author:Jeremy Renner
“When you get in the middle of a career and you're successful, people come and offer you things. My biggest fear was that if you try to do something else and you're trying to build your music career, and then you say, "I'm going to go do a movie," and you're terrible, you can really hurt your music career because as a musician, the goal is to be cool. You're playing the guitar and you're in front of all these people and your vibe is to be as cool as you can possibly be.” PeopleIfsTryingGoalHurtCareersSuccessfulMiddleFrontsTerribleOffersMusicianGuitarSuccessful PeopleBeing CoolBiggest FearMusic Career Author:Tim McGraw