Quote by Nate Jackson

“A dementia patient yesterday stuck a billiard ball in his mouth, and it couldn’t be dislodged by any means.”

— Hendrik Groen

“We burst with dreams, ideals and good intentions but we’re also prone to despair and paralysis; we want to move forward but we linger…

— Hetty Einzig

As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of…

— Jeffrey Kluger

“PTSD: It's the big game. You're wearing a helmet and pads. You make the big play and jump up into the crowd for praise,…

— Peggy Randall-Martin

“Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work. —CHARLIE GEHRINGER”

— Lori Wilde

“We are our own memory-keepers and we have failed ourselves. It is like that game we played in school as children. Sitting in a…

— Carrie Ryan

“within that meticulous preparation there co-existed a high degree of expression, always bearing in mind that this is football, that players must think in…

— Guillem Balague

“It wasn’t enough that I had to worry about playing well and winning the game, but I also had to deal with possibility that…

— Weston Locher

When you're 89, dementia develops. I mean, I've told a story onstage, and I'm telling it with a full heart, and I forgot the…

— Jerry Lewis

“What’s bothering you? Did you read that paragraph in Sports Illustrated? The one about life expectancy for people with Alzheimer’s? Yes. I read it.…

— Pat Summitt