Brian Urlacher Quotes

I have a little easier time watching the NFL than college or high school. I used to go to the high school games, and now I have trouble with it. The NFL players get big rewards from it. I feel at least the NFL has made big changes to help their safety. And they're adults - they can make good decisions.

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.

The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed.

You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.

Concussions have brought the consciousness to the problem, but I think the problem is football-related injuries, period, and the lack of support from the league of those players who have suffered those injuries. The denial factor has been unbelievable. I'm here because I'm a fighter to try to bring attention to this fact.

Whenever you're falling or getting tackled, try to protect yourself. But that's part of the game; that's part of football.

There's been a lot talk about football and safety issues. My big thing is the benefits far outweigh the risks.

We will always make sure player health and safety is our No. 1 priority in the NFL.

The NFL, sadly, has a fatal environmental problem: It kills its workers.

My job is to protect the integrity of the NFL and to make sure the game is as safe as possible.

We don't realize how much the NFL is quietly drifting towards flag football. During the '80s, part of the defense's goal was to put the fear of God into offensive players... that's fading away.

Quarterbacks are untouchable nowadays. If you hit a quarterback too hard, or if you fall on him with too much weight - which is a judgment thing from a professional standpoint - you're going to get flagged.

You've got to be careful of guys trying to chop-block you. You know, running backs, the receivers. You've got to just hope that your knees are fine and you can avoid those chop blocks.

If you really want to get rid of the problems in the NFL, put Obama in charge of it: in a few months it will be so deep in debt it will have to go out of business - no more concussions.

We don't want our players getting hurt.

Concussions, you have to be really honest with yourself, and sometimes that's hard to do.

I understand football is a freaky sport, and injuries happen.

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

We've seen some players dying from playing football, and the questions are why can't the medical team stop it from happening.

My experience over my five years at Wisconsin and my one year in the NFL was that there were times where I couldn't play the game safely. There are positive measures we can take... but on a lead play, on a power play, there's violence.

Everybody in wrestling is looking at the information coming in on concussions. Everyone from the NFL to the WWE to TNA to the youth soccer groups around the country are realizing that there are dangers that weren't previously known.

It's great playing a sport where you don't get hit in the head.

I really do care about the health of the players. That's one of the tough things about the NFL - it's so physically tough on the players.

Injuries are a part of the game. Every athlete knows that.

One thing you gotta take into consideration is that it's professional wrestling, and you know it going in. There's dangers to every profession, and our particular profession, concussions is one thing.