Kurt Warner Quotes

My lone concussion occurred in 2003 against Denver. I was spinning off block and right when I spun, I hit Clinton Portis with my head turned sideways. I hit him and I hit the ground. That was first big one where I was like 'Whoa.' Back then, it was no big deal.

I don't want to be the poster boy for head injury. I shouldn't be the poster boy for head injury. I have really tried to distance myself from that.

I understand the seriousness of concussions.

It's just a matter of sometimes the CTE in your brain affects what happens in your life... and sometimes... it does not.

For me, concussion response is pure common sense. We can all probably handle a few mild concussions. I have had at least three, and despite my detractors' opinions, I am mentally and physically fine.

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

I forget a lot of things sometimes. I'm not one to sit here and complain. While I did not know the severity of what continuous head traumas could do to an individual and the mind and so forth, I'm not going to sit here and complain.

I've had concussions, and I'm still here. I still love the sport.

I've got my bell rung, and when I first came in the league, the term wasn't 'concussion,' it was 'getting dinged' or 'had your bell rung.' So I had my bell rung a few times.

I've been dropped on my head multiple times.

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.

A child who plays a game of football for one season without any documented concussion - several months after that season, if you subject his brain to sophisticated psychological testing and radiological testing, functional MRIs, there is evidence of brain damage.

You get a concussion. It could take 30, 40 days until that starts to come to life where you're in agony. Ask any doctor.

I never did think I had brain damage.

I had a snowboarding accident. I fell off a horse. I've had a concussion, a fractured rib... I walk into walls. I'm always bruised up.

My grandfather was hit over the head by a crane boom in Seattle. Some of the family claimed he was never a violent, crazy person before that. Some say he was. It depends who you believe.

I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.

I've had an alarming amount of concussions.

The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.

I was 21, and rehearsing a play, took a fall and was in a coma for a few days. And when I recovered, I'd lost my sense of smell completely.

Concussions happen. If not on every play, then they happen like every other, every third play, you know.

I had a concussion I didn't get over for three years. I think that's why I'm goofy.

I've had hundreds and hundreds of concussions, but I don't think that I have any permanent damage. A lot of my peers do.

Mental illness is real, and I got them. I don't know if it's the multiple concussions or the lifestyle choices.

The overwhelming evidence is that trauma is a major factor in CTE.