Brain Quote by Henry Rollins

You look at guys with significant Alzheimer's and dementia and the mood swings and the suicides that unfortunately NFL players have been faced with.…

— Joe Thomas

I think we've reached that point where we understand medically what we are doing to ourselves with these sports. In football, it's kind of…

— Lucy Walker

The NFL acknowledges that repetitive trauma to the head in football... can cause a permanent, disabiling injury to the brain.

— Anonymous

The NFL protects you for five years after you retire, but the multitude of injuries come 10, 15, 20 years after you retire. Those…

— Jerome Bettis

When the players that you built the game on their backs, when those players are in need because medically they don't have that protection…

— Jerome Bettis

More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of…

— Jeffrey Kluger

Concussions have brought the consciousness to the problem, but I think the problem is football-related injuries, period, and the lack of support from the…

— Jim Brown

The increased rate of brain disease in the NFL population is caused by the way the game is played within the rules.

— Steve Gleason

We've seen some players dying from playing football, and the questions are why can't the medical team stop it from happening.

— Nwankwo Kanu

Injuries are a part of the game of football. Some happen to more people than others.

— Leighton Vander Esch

The ability to overcome pain can be a testament to the human spirit, and it's oftentimes what sets NFL players apart from armchair quarterbacks.

— Mark Schlereth

School districts around the country, and the taxpayers that support them, have a moral right to the information the NFL might have concerning the…

— Charlie Pierce