Chris Eubank Jr. Quotes

Yeah, I mean there's points in every game where you get a hit and you feel a little woozy. Not every game, but mostly every game you hit someone and you're like, 'Whoa, that was a good one.'

Boxing is a great example of it, but in football, sometimes you're taking greater hits than boxers. When you have one man going full speed against another man, and those heads are colliding, it's just the fact of science you're going to have results.

I got a couple of front teeth knocked out during a football match when I was hit by a flying elbow.

When I was 15 and playing in Kalamazoo, I ran into a light pole on the side of the court and was knocked out for a little while - when I woke up, I was seeing stars!

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

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.

I've been hit in the head so many times, it's hard to remember that far back. I don't remember specific games.

You had no mask, and the coach kept telling you, 'Use your head.' And I did.

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

Have I ever left the field with a broken nose, black eye? Yes, numerous times. I've had a broken nose and a few black eyes. It's part and parcel of the game, really.

I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the head.

I never had a concussion playing rugby.

Football is inherently dangerous, and that will never change.

I've never been knocked unconscious in my entire career.

My opinion, football is the most dangerous sport there is. After that, I'll give it to probably boxing.

It doesn't take science to know that when you have head-to-head collisions, there's going to be some effect.

Young kids should probably not play tackle football. I know this intellectually, but emotionally, I'm conflicted. I love this sport. I grew up playing and adoring football. I love the brotherhood, teamwork, athletic grace that borders on superhuman, grit, pressure and, yes, contact. I love the contact.

It's a part of football, you get concussed, you gotta keep on playing. You can't get afraid to go across the middle any more than you were at the beginning.

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.

On any play where there's a scramble of 22 men, blindside hits and unprotected hits on knees occur.

I remember hitting the ball, and I didn't even realise where it went, and then I turned over, and I see the official bending down holding his eye.

My father was an NFL running back, so I feel like I might be more susceptible, genetically, to CTE.

When I was 11 I had to umpire a game. I got hit in the head and got knocked out. The ball was hit straight back, hit the bail and knocked my head.

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

Look at rugby, the national sport, you have guys weighing 130kg, 140kg, who can run like sprinters full clip into each other causing brain damage constantly on that field.