Rick Burkholder Quotes (15 Quotes)

He was tackled and his knee struck the ground. At the time, we thought it was a bruise because his knee swelled up so much.

His pain may get worse, it may get better, the condition won't, ... It's not like he's going to do a career-ending problem to his abdomen or his groin.

Everybody has agreed that it is now at the point where it can be classified as a sports hernia, ... It's a condition where you have a lower abdominal strain, and the lower abdominal strain becomes chronic to the point where you start to have groin pain.

They're something that you can play with. It is uncomfortable. Rest does not correct the problem. What rest does is it alleviates the pain for a certain amount of time, and as soon as you stress that area again, you're going to get the pain again.

After he looked at the tendon, he made a decision that Correll would not heal well enough to play this season without further surgery. He just thinks it was a freak thing. (Buckhalter) just hit that knee right on the same spot.

The plan right now is to allow Donovan participate, to continue to rehabilitate him and take it on a game-by-game situation ... It's something you can play with. It's not something we haven't seen before, and, hopefully, we'll be able to manage it.

Pain is really the thing that limits what he can do.

All the physicians involved in this have said his pain can get worse ... but the condition won't, ... It's not like he's going to have a career-ending problem to his abdomen or groin and everything that happens is correctable with the surgery. So, to a point, yes, the pain may get worse. But he may be able to deal with the pain better, too, as we do more rehab and treatment.

We're hoping it's something we'll be able to manage, ... The plan with Donovan is to allow him to participate, continue to rehabilitate him and we're going to take it on a day-by-day, game-by-game situation.

People make all sorts of things out of them. Outdoor lamps. Fish aquariums. I had one in my living room for awhile.

I dont think its fair to speculate. Were going to rehab him like hes going to play again. I havent talked to Correll today, but Im sure he wants to rehab to get back again. This is a guy who has had two major surgeries. Hes rehabbed hard. Hes been through it. He knows it. He can do it again.

He said he just thinks it's a freak thing where it was healed up, his quad was strong, he had great rehab and was ready to play. And then he fell on it and it just ruptured again.

We've had some people get to 106 degrees and not have symptoms and some get to 102 and have symptoms. Some guys' core temperature rises after they come off the field and stand around, and other guys it goes down when they come out. It depends on the individual.

We're going to rehab him like he's going to play again. I'm sure he wants to get back and play. He's a guy who's been thrown two major surgeries. He rehabbed hard, and I think he can do it again.

That's the best kind of dog. He don't bite, and he don't eat. But when I brought him home for a couple of days, he scared my own little dog about half to death.