American - Athlete | December 26, 1990 -
I don't dislike football. I love football.
Chris Borland
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Dehumanizing sounds so extreme, but when you're fighting for a football at the bottom of the pile, it is kind of dehumanizing.
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Some of my best tackles were the most dangerous!
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I don't really trust the NFL.
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Pat Tillman is a hero of mine.
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The reality is that it's just the nature of the game. It's the nature of playing offensive line, defensive line, and linebackers, where your responsibilities as a player involve those little hits that are going to accumulate. You can't take that out of the game.
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I loved playing in the Big Ten, where it's three yards and a cloud of dust.
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I'm involved in so many cool and interesting and redeeming things. I'm enjoying every day.
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The idea that just the basis of the game, repetitive hits, could bring on a cascade of issues later in life, that was - it changed the game for me.
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I couldn't really justify playing for money, and I think what I wanted to achieve put me at too great a risk, so I just decided on another profession.
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Football is inherently dangerous, and that will never change.
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I never played the game for money and attention. I love football, and I've had a blast.
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