Letters: I cried after being injured in the Eastern Conference Final in 21. Why is it me? why always me?

Recently, Bucks player Antetokounmpo was interviewed by Greek media.

Speaking of his injury in the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals, he said: "I got back on the court six days after I was injured. I didn't recover to 100%, but I had no other choice. Like what I said to Coach Vasilis, he asked me, 'Does you hurt, does it hurt?'. It doesn't matter whether I hurt or not, I will play. What does it matter? Why do you always ask me if it hurts? Anyway, I have to play. It doesn't matter at all. There is still an impact until now, and four years have passed, and I can still feel it. That injury. OK. For those who work from home or watch online, you can go back to that moment. I fell to the ground and hurt my leg, I walked back to the locker room, and Sanassis held me because my knee was twisted in the reverse joint. "

" At that time I saw my leg, it was swollen and it was swelling and there was fluid everywhere, and I said, 'Oh, what's wrong with me?' Anyway, I went home. Because I was very religious, I prayed with my mother, and I cried so hard I said to her, ‘Why is it me? Why is it always me?’ I was injured before against the Heat, last season, in the park. ”

”I didn’t stop working hard for the next six days. I only slept for two or three hours a day. I started at 6 a.m. and went to the evening, in the pool, doing physiotherapy. I couldn’t walk, and couldn’t let my feet bear weight. Then at night I let my feet bear weight slightly, the next morning I started jogging, and then I ran a little more. ”

"They said to me, 'If you go on the court, you might get a worse injury and you'll be out for a year, a half or even two years.' I don't care, I'm going to play. It helped me keep a very clear head. When I really went on the court and played the first game, everyone was nervous and I was just glad that I could still play. That said, my mindset was completely different from that of the others. The others were anxious because it was the finals, but I was thinking of 'I might have been out for two years six days ago'."