Believe Quote by Ryan Clark

The only way we protect ourselves, the only way a player gets what he wants is by holding out.

— Ed Reed

Always protecting the players is not good.

— Gennaro Gattuso

Ultimately the specialists that I've seen and spoken to, if you do get a whack on the head and there's a small sort of…

— Ryan Mason

Football helmets were first designed to protect against skull fractures, but users get more than skull fractures. We need to take a look at…

— G. K. Butterfield

Sometimes you have to protect players from themselves.

— Julius Peppers

Sometimes you're going to be shoved into a corner, and even though it's against your principles, against the way that you like to play…

— Vernon Law

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.

— Mario Lemieux

The game can be quite dangerous when you look at certain injuries, especially head injuries.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

Have we become a cupcake league? We already have better helmets and gear. Wonder how the old school players feel about this. Not in…

— Phillip Daniels

We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow…

— Steve Yzerman

It's not an exercise on how to avoid getting hit. I think there are certain safety measures that take care of the mental part…

— Bud Grant

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