American - Athlete | December 26, 1990 -
I just want to live a long healthy life, and I don't want to have any neurological diseases or die younger than I would otherwise.
Chris Borland
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I think it actually is easier for players to abstain from watching than it is for people who haven't experienced it. I know a wide variety of former players that don't really follow football any more. They've kind of had that cathartic experience. They know what it is.
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I can't predict the future of football. I don't think it'll go the way of boxing because it's a team sport. It's built into our education systems, the flagship for a lot of universities' fundraising campaigns. So no, I don't think it'll go away.
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Sports are my passion. They have been since I was a kid. So I think I'll be involved in sports in some capacity no matter what I do.
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I think it's unfair to punish players for inherent faults in the game.
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The 49ers drafted me assuming I wanted to play more than one year. At the time, I did, too. Things changed. They didn't deserve to be undercut. And I didn't want that to happen.
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I think the one thing I can say is not to play through concussions. I think that's unwise.
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The host of 'Face The Nation,' Bob Schieffer, was an important figure in my childhood years. Every Sunday in the fall, he occupied my family's time after church and before the NFL pregame shows.
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I never thought my choice to leave the NFL would lead to 'Face the Nation.' When I first thought of quitting, I cringed at the notion of becoming a football safety advocate. I was making a personal decision; I never set out to influence others.
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My breadth of football experience, my injury history, and my all-or-nothing goal to become one of the best linebackers in the NFL, combined with all I'd been learning about the game's neurological effects on the brain, convinced me I'd be wise in choosing another career.
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Football's extremely important to me. iIt's my passion.
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If you gave me an hour in the day between '09 and '14, I could have told you exactly where I was and what I was doing.
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