Concussions Quotes - Page 2

• I've had times where I walked up to the line, where I know the play, but don't know what to do.

  Tony Stewart

  Play, Nfl, Lines

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• I broke my nose and got a concussion when I was 13.

  Michael Cera

  Noses, Broke

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• First time I got arrested, I knew somehow and some way, we would succeed. To go on the Freedom Ride to be beaten and left bloody and unconscious, to be beaten on that bridge in Selma, have a concussion - I thought that I was going to die on that bridge. But somehow and some way, I lived to tell about what happened, and I've seen some of the fruits of the labor of so many people, and people must understand that.

  John Lewis

  Bridges, People, Goes On

  "The Long March of John Lewis". Interview with Jamil Smith, www.mtv.com. August 5, 2016.

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• If you really want to get rid of the problems in the NFL, put Obama in charge of it: in a few months it will be so deep in debt it will have to go out of business - no more concussions.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Nfl, Debt, Want

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• In order that a "self" may exist there must be some continuity of mental experiences and, particularly, continuity bridging gaps of unconsciousness. For example, the continuity of our "self" is resumed after sleep, anaesthesia, and the temporary amnesias of concussion and convulsions.

  John Eccles

  Sleep, Self, Order

  "Eccles' Model of the Self Controlling Its Brain: The Irrelevance of Dualist-Interactionism" by Donald E. Watson and Bernard O. Williams, 2003.

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• Concussions is one of these pack journalism issues, frankly. There's no increase in concussions. The number is relatively small. The problem is, it is a journalist issue.

  Paul Tagliabue

  Nfl, Numbers, Issues

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• I was well-rounded, I'd been to college. It wasn't that I couldn't do anything else. I wanted to stay in sports, but if I couldn't think, how was I going to play?

  Paul Kariya

  Sports, College, Thinking

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• Try not to trip. We don’t have time for a concussion today.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Trying, Today, New Moon

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• Austin had a concussion tonight. That's the way it goes for us. We get one back, we lose one. Or lose two. We've had the most difficult time the last two years just keeping a full roster. Hopefully at some point at the end of the tunnel some good things can happen for the Indiana Pacers.

  Jermaine O'Neal

  Years, Two, Tunnels

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• The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is developed by the blows of the lapidary.

  Francis Alexander Durivage

  Character, Blow, Jewels

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• I was lucky I survived the motorcycle accident because I - bike went under the car. I flew out about 20 or 25 feet. I didn't have a helmet on. I hit my head on the pavement and knocked myself out, gave myself a brain concussion, screwed up my left leg. And I was - I was lucky then that I didn't get killed because I didn't have any protective clothing on whatsoever. And I took a pretty good beating. But, yeah, such was the nature of the day when the barber was called and Samson's locks were trimmed.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Feet, Car, Brain

  Source: www.npr.org

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• And then in the FBI report it says that Hillary Clinton can't remember her exit interview from the FBI because of her concussion because she didn't have a memory. But she was acting as secretary of state at the time which means we had a secretary of state who was acting who doesn't have a memory of what she was doing.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Memories, Mean, Acting

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Enchantment and seduction were fine means of persuasion, but when time is short, an awkward but quick concussion could better serve a girl's purpose.

  Christopher Moore

  Girl, Mean, Awkward

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• Truth is ever incoherent, and when the big hearts strike together, the concussion is a little stunning.

  Herman Melville

  Heart, Together, Littles

  Herman Melville (2003). “Moby-Dick”, p.604, Bantam Classics

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• Concussion? How the hell can they tell? They're *football* players, for chrissakes!

  Dennis Miller

  Football, Player, Hell

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• I had gotten injured during the boxing, and I was supposed to take several months off because I'd had a couple of concussions, and so I sort of just left the boxing and got into the acting by accident.

  Mickey Rourke

  Couple, Boxing, Acting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Al Toon, who had his football career cut short because of multiple concussions, hopes his son follows in his footsteps.

  Dave Pasch

  Football, Son, Cutting

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• They were just accidents. Luke said he was just testing my concussion. I'm not mad at him.

  Luol Deng

  Mad, Said, Testing

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• The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and the proverbs of nations, which embody the commonsense of nations, have the brisk concussion of the most sparkling wit.

  Edwin Percy Whipple

  Wise, Men, Light

  Edwin Percy Whipple (1851). “Literature and life, lects”, p.43

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• The Zen masters have the right idea-no pain no gain: thwack a silly nebbish and he'll remember it far longer and more indelibly than any words you muster at him. Not absolutely everything can or should have to be explained, and particularly not to everybody. But a concussion is a value-judgment anyone gets the point of.

  Kenny Smith

  Pain, Memories, Philosophy

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• I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.

  Alan Alda

  Catholic, Doe, Shapes

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had a snowboarding accident. I fell off a horse. I've had a concussion, a fractured rib... I walk into walls. I'm always bruised up.

  Mila Kunis

  Horse, Wall, Snowboarding

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• In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones.

  Bela Karolyi

  Stress, Gymnastics, Body

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• i would like to remind the management that the drinks are watered and the hat-check girl has syphilis and the band is composed of former ss monsters However since it is new year's eve and i have lip cancer i will place my paper hat on my concussion and dance

  Leonard Cohen

  Girl, New Year, Cancer

  Leonard Cohen (2010). “Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs”, p.60, Random House

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• Although my doctors informed me that I suffered a cerebral concussion, as well as shock, I do not seek to escape responsibility for my actions by placing the blame either on the physical and emotional trauma brought on by the accident, or on anyone else. I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not report the accident to the police immediately.

  Edward Kennedy

  Responsibility, Emotional, Doctors

  "Senator Edward Kennedy's famous quotes excerpted from speeches (List)". www.ibtimes.com. August 26, 2009.

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