Thomas Hauser Quotes

Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out.

It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.

You're always just one punch away from getting hurt. But look, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. I think I'm going to walk out of this sport of boxing when I think it's the right time.

We all know, going into this business and stepping into the ring, there's a possibility of injury. But you're never expecting it to happen, and when it does, it's just the worst thing ever.

All it takes is one punch, one big punch, and that could wreck everything for me.

In boxing, if a fighter doesn't leave the sport on time, something bad is likely to happen.

Every time I stepped into the ring, somebody wanted to kill me.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

People get hurt all the time in the game of football, it's part of what we do.

I've had an alarming amount of concussions.

I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.

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.

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.

I forget stuff. Guess I took a few too many punches.

I know every fight could be my last fight, and if that happens, that's not just a health issue, but I'll be knocked off that king's stool.

I know if I don't look after myself, I will be talking to you in a couple of years' time mumbling my words and slurring. It won't be because I am drunk: it will be the fighting, taking blow after blow to the brain. That scares me. I don't worry about being killed in the ring; it's losing my mind that I fear.

I got injuries already from fighting from guys that have been cheating. And you're never the same when you get injured like that. I mean, look at my hand. It's broken, it's got 16 screws in it. I'm not as strong in this hand. It just affects you, especially this body being my livelihood.

If you worry about hurting your opponent you are probably in the wrong game, because it can happen. I wouldn't wish ill on anyone. I wanted to knock him out, not hurt him badly.

It's football. Guys get hurt all the time.

It has been difficult to get back on the saddle, particularly after getting whiplash and concussion, but it's just about understanding that sometimes it's OK to say, 'I don't want to get back on my bike for week.'

There's no way I can go back and uninjure myself.

We like to entertain, but it is not our duty to do so. I have had a lot of exciting fights and been hit way too much, so that is something to think about.

Football has always been a contact sport, and it's always going to be a violent sport, and there are going to be repercussions from that. But every player that ever played this game and will play this game, they're signing up for it.