Whenever you're falling or getting tackled, try to protect yourself. But that's part of the game; that's part of football.
There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.
I no longer run barefoot.
I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.
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.
A helmet is the most important part of any jockey's kit because of the number of falls you take, so I wouldn't want to be wearing anything on the track unless it had been thoroughly tested.
If I had my accident maybe 10 years ago I wouldn't be here now. The technology we have now, the helmets, can save your life.
If a man has a tent made of linen of which the apertures have all been stopped up, and be it twelve bracchia across (over twenty-five feet) and twelve in depth, he will be able to throw himself down from any height without sustaining injury. [His concept of the parachute.]
I've been barefoot most of my life: either flip flops or barefoot on the pool deck. Although you'd think that would make me a good candidate for barefoot running, that doesn't work with me.
I took a couple footballs to the face before I learned to catch.
All of a sudden, when you're injured, you realise everything revolves around your core. It's crucial for balance and absorbing impact.
If I'm going to get hit, why let the guy who's going to hit me get the easiest and best shot? I explode into the guy who's trying to tackle me.
Full-face helmets look stupid.
What are the crumple zones on scooters? The helmet is the only crumple zone I can think of.
The only way you're gonna eliminate helmet-to-helmet contact is to take the helmets off. Go back to leather helmets. I mean, I think a defensive player would be much less inclined to lead with his head if he had no protection.
I'm not a big fan of the halo as a device. I have to face facts - it does bring something in terms of safety.
I'm the one that brought airbags into the stunt world.
They say it's all fake, but there's nothing fake when a guy picks you up and slams you down or throws you out of the ring onto a concrete floor. They say, 'Yeah, but you know how to land.' Well, you try landing on a concrete floor.
