Football is a violent sport. Somebody's going to get hurt. It's the game. Just hopefully, you're on the good side of it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Football is a violent game. We are violent men.
Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
People get hurt all the time in the game of football, it's part of what we do.
Football is a game you're supposed to have fun in.
Whether football's here or not, I will be fine. I go out, I play to win.
As long as I feel the love of the game and my health is good, I'm going to play. I don't want to be one of these guys who stays too long or regrets leaving early. Football has been great to me.
Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.
You can't let injuries dictate the outcome of a football game. You have to persevere and keep fighting. That is how we are. If there is a blade of grass to defend or take, we do it.
Football is big business - you can't get away from it. But you have to separate that side from the playing.
I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.