Joe Cole: My best is yet to come
By dixon9
May 12 2009
Joe Cole has sworn to come back better and stronger than ever after suffering a serious knee injury in the FA Cup clash with Southend in January. It has been a long arduous recovery process for the Chelsea fans favourite and today he’s given an update on his progress.
Started with a niggle
This isn’t the first long-term injury for Joe – he was out for most of the season 3 years ago and has been very unlucky to suffer a second spell out so soon after the first.
He had also been restricted by a niggling ankle injury at the start of this season and has inferred that, in his enthusiasm, he may have rushed back too quickly.
"I think why I got injured was because at the start of the season I was playing with little niggles. I had an ankle injury and came back too soon,” said Joe.
"The manager wanted me back, and I tend to want to play through the pain. Maybe that is a lesson learned. It's a hard lesson learned, but I will come back when I'm ready whenever that may be."
Better, faster, stonger…
"The way I see it is when I get injured then I will come back stronger,"
“I'm so focused on coming back better and stronger than before. You get knocks in life and you can talk in victory and in glory but when the chips are down and you are in adversity you need to come through that.
"I come in every day and do what the physiotherapists say I need to do to the letter. Then I'll see where it takes me."
"I'm coming into my peak years. The next five years will be the best of my career so I want to get myself bullet-proof,"
"I want to tick every box and win some major trophies again.
2nd best job in the world
"I won't let it get me down. Being an injured Chelsea player is probably the second best job in the world behind being a Chelsea player." – And how about that for a quote?!
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