“Now, football has changed in the past 25 years. It seems like the running back position is slowly fading away because everyone wants this run-and-gun type offense, which is good for some people. From my day, people wanted to see—there’s more action when handing the ball off to a running back, whether it’s Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen, LaDainian Tomlinson. That’s what gets the fans on their feet. I’m not saying anything negative about today’s players, but back in my day, people came to the stadiums to see running backs.”
“I am one of the fortunate ones. I don’t think anyone who has ever strapped on the helmet and shoulder pads hasn’t had their bell rung. I had my bell rung once. It’s not anything to play with, now I know that. I went and watched the movie [Concussion] and there were people I knew, that I was friends with, that were gone that I didn’t even know they were gone. If I had young kids, to be honest, and if they came and said, Dad, I want to play football, I’d smack them in the mouth. No. No. Because if I’d have known back then what I know now, to be honest with you, I probably would have taken a different path. I probably just would have played baseball.”
“Someone came from behind me and hit me right behind the ear. It was like someone short-circuited me. The ball came out and I fell on the ball, so I got it back. Something in my brain was telling me to get up, and don’t let these guys see that you are hurt. I got up and walked to the sideline. I got through the crowd and went to sit on the bench, and right when my butt hit the bench, someone grabbed my arm and said, You’re on the wrong side, motherf—er. So yes, I got my bell rung and it’s true. When you get your bell rung, you don’t hear nothing but a [bing]. You got 80,000 people screaming, but all you hear is [beeeeeeeeep].”