Player Safety Quotes

I admit to becoming frustrated by the frequency of diving in the Champions League.

There's obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he's a runner. How's the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?

A lot of them have families to feed, and I think it's a tragic situation where players aren't comfortable speaking what's on their mind or what's right because they're afraid of consequences that come along with it. That's not an ideal environment for anybody.

Whenever you're falling or getting tackled, try to protect yourself. But that's part of the game; that's part of football.

Major League Baseball is doing everything to make the game as clean as possible.

It is always a shame when players are injured.

I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.

Football is inherently dangerous, and that will never change.

I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.

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

There's a handful of situations already in two games - some hits I don't need to take - and I'm taking them because I'm stringing out the play.

In this day and age, in modern goalkeeping, if you come out and you catch the ball and you get smacked, you're going to get the foul.

The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries.

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

The NFL should be more worried about pensions than CTE.

As a player, I don't want to come off the field.

I couldn't identify just one, but there's numerous rule changes and points of emphasis that have reflected a change on the field almost immediately. It's hard to avoid the horse-collar tackle, for example, but the players understand why the rule is in there - because of the injury rate prior to us making that a personal foul.

Players want to play a lot of rugby. We're walking contradictions at times in that we want to play a lot of rugby, but we don't want to play too much rugby, and we want to be available for all the big games, yet there are times when you have to sacrifice that because of game limits.

The NFL does a great job of taking care of the players.

Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.

As the story about CTE got more real, it became more clear that players are playing that without a full understanding of the risks they face, and the long-term effects.

I was actually worried about David Ross safety being in Cleveland. I thought I had to be a bodyguard.

We've now found CTE in former NFL players who played every position except kicker.

No matter how badly you play, you want to come out healthy.

If a player has been affected by racist chanting, then it is up to the officials to stop the game and make sure a message is read out to the supporters asking them to stop.