Adam Vinatieri Quotes

I'd hate to see the game I love go away because it is considered too dangerous and parents are scared to allow their kids to play.

If you want to talk about potential risk, more guys get injured on a field goal than extra point.

Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.

I don't want football to not be played, but I would like the sophistication brought forth to take care of those who need to be taken care of and to take the precaution, at the sacrifice of winning, to take care of people.

I think medically, football is generally well looked after. There are always checks made. Anything which can be done to make footballers or sportsmen of any area safer has to be encouraged.

It's not an exercise on how to avoid getting hit. I think there are certain safety measures that take care of the mental part of it, with players not looking to hit somebody in the head. They've done that. But let's not take the entertainment value out of football.

The game can be quite dangerous when you look at certain injuries, especially head injuries.

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

I'm very proud of high school, college and pro football, the strides have been made to make it a safer game.

As long as we're having contact and as long as there are collisions, there's going to be head injuries. What the long-term consequences are of that, we're beginning to learn, and that definitely will have an impact on the game as we know it.

The quarterback is the most vulnerable one on the field. He's in an awkward position a lot of times when he throws the ball. So he does have to be protected. You lose a quarterback, you're in trouble. I don't know if they can make it too safe. I think health becomes an issue.

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.

The increased rate of brain disease in the NFL population is caused by the way the game is played within the rules.

Any time you see your quarterback hurt, your heart drops for a second.

One of the wonderful things about wrestling, to me, is that you can protect people who have had head injuries.

It's a different era. I understand what Charles Barkley was saying but you just can't take guys out. There's too much scrutiny. There's too many replays and reviews, and cameras everywhere.

As long as we're wearing helmets and shoulder pads - there's collisions between these big, physical, fast guys - head injuries are going to be a part of it.

It is always a shame when players are injured.

I mean, football is a violent sport.

If you have a kid that loves basketball - that eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball - and he gets hurt, and he's your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself.

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

It's a dangerous sport, you can get really hurt. God helped me, protected me so I wouldn't have any damage, any serious injury.

I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.

Whether it's one play in the NFL or 1,000 plays in the NFL, your pads will come off eventually.

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.