Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It’s a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass. Chris Borland Read Quote
Football is an elective. It’s a game. It’s make-believe. And to think that people have brain damage from some made-up game. Chris Borland Read Quote
I think I’m connected to this issue in some capacity, football and brain damage. So carving out a way to address it tactfully is important to me no matter what I go on to do. Chris Borland Read Quote
Dementia pugilistica was discovered in 1928… And we still have boxing. Football will continue. Chris Borland Read Quote
One thing that’s important to understand is that it’s believed that the pathology of CTE doesn’t have to do with concussion so much as it has to do with the accumulation of sub-concussive hits. So every hit matters. If you’re subject to 800 or 1,200 of these every year, it accumulates. It’s like erosion. Chris Borland Read Quote
I just thought to myself, ‘What am I doing? Is this how I’m going to live my adult life, banging my head, especially with what I’ve learned and know about the dangers?’ Chris Borland Read Quote
The idea that just the basis of the game, repetitive hits, could bring on a cascade of issues later in life, that was – it changed the game for me. Chris Borland Read Quote
