Troy Vincent Quotes

Player safety has been an essential focus for us for a number of years.

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

Since 2000, it's been a privilege and honor for me to be on the competition committee. And our main focus... is player safety.

As a forward it is always a bit easier to avoid the kind of challenges that can cause impact injuries.

Basically, theater or film is a dangerous industrial environment.

NASCAR stepped up their safety concepts, and I think the drivers feel NASCAR is doing everything that can be done. So we are a little behind NASCAR in that respect. Someone in NASCAR realized there were certain things that could be done to make it safer. The same thing has to happen in football.

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing.

We take safety very, very seriously on every film I make, and that's why I've never had a serious accident or anybody killed when I make a picture.

I like all the adventure sports but I like to do them in a safe way.

I don't actually think boxing is a particularly dangerous sport, I wouldn't even put it in the top ten of dangerous sports, but that's only if you take it seriously. Whenever I stepped into the ring I was well hydrated, I was at the right weight and I was prepared. It wasn't a dangerous sport for me.

It's going to be a rule, I think, for wearing a crash hat, and I actually fractured my skull through not wearing a hat. I was so lucky to escape from that, and now, it's something I always do.

I think anytime that you can eliminate the big hit, it's obviously not only going to be good for your team, but it's going to be good for yourself.

I, for one, refuse to box without headgear as an amateur. With the rising awareness of concussions and head injury, it is becoming more evident that we need to protect our brains as much as possible. There hasn't been enough research to conclude that it is safer to box without the use of headgear.

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

Illness, mechanicals, and injuries is not something you can 100% avoid; you can only try to limit the risk.

Kamal Haasan makes sure that his co-artists wear the safety gear when they perform stunts.

Even wrestling, now, I wear the helmet all the time. I'm not going to make that mistake again ever in my life.

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.

We always need to keep working to improve safety - not just the cars; the tracks and everything are very safe now.

The fundamentals have to be emphasized: tackling the correct way. Having the right equipment. Making sure that you don't have very violent practices or contact practices.

I want to leave this sport with a little bit of my brains left.

Safety is always a paramount concern for us. We are always engaged with the studios and with what better structures can be done.