Diego Costa Quotes

There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.

In any professional level competition, soccer players, you've got to know when to stop.

But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time.

I just think more precaution should be taken when I'm inside the pocket. Look at all the replays - I'm on the ground every time. It's unfortunate for myself, it's unfortunate for my team and I'd be lying if I sat here and said I wasn't frustrated right now.

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

When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.

There is no question that in the '50s and '60s, black players got thrown at more. That's not a negative comment. It may come out that way, but that's the way it was. Hitting another player was part of the game; hitting a player in the head is not.

You're never going to go through a season with no injuries.

The league has to be sensitive about what crosses the line and what doesn't. It's tough to determine what is a legal hit and what isn't a legal hit, and if someone was deliberately trying to hurt someone or not. A certain integrity, though, has to be maintained.

Ronnie Lott - he got a really good shot on me once and I learned that unless I wanted to shorten my career, I needed to steer clear of his path.

I want to exit from this sport with my head intact.

It is always a shame when players are injured.

When you play trying to avoid injuries, that's when you get hurt.

I've seen people fall over and get fouls. I don't do that.

It is relatively easy... to determine whether or not a blow to a quarterback was deemed excessive or incidental. So I'm discouraged that there have been a number of games that are influenced - not that the outcomes are in question - but a number of games influenced based on the protection of the quarterback.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

Injuries are a part and parcel of a player's career.

You don't want to be passive through motion and then try to produce force. That's very scary. That's where you can injure yourself a lot of times.

In soccer, you don't want to see anybody get hurt.

I just don't want people to mistake playing basketball, playing hard with trying to hurt somebody.

I want to show in a violent sport like our sport, you don't need to hurt anybody in order to win.

I can't take 200 hacks in the cage before the game. Not because I'll get tired, but because I'll hurt myself! I can't do that. I might get injured.

If you have a kid that loves basketball - that eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball - and he gets hurt, and he's your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself.

I always took a lot of pride in being a safe wrestle. I never injured anyone.

It's a dangerous sport, you can get really hurt. God helped me, protected me so I wouldn't have any damage, any serious injury.