"Athletes are continually becoming bigger and faster and stronger, and despite some efforts to make sports safer, much work remains."
"Three hundred thousand sports-related traumatic brain injuries occur annually in the United States."
"Any concussions are too many concussions."
"I really do worry about her now and what could happen."
"I certainly worry about my granddaughter."
"But professional baseball and professional basketball do provide lifetime health insurance for former players."
"I think that is why we wanted to have the Players Association here too because, you know, that was a pretty strong criticism that you just made."
"So a change in the culture means not only managing head injuries when they occur, but also encouraging safer play to reduce the risk of head injuries."
"And that goes to culture as well."
"So this could be very promising not only for our athletes, but our returning veterans and..."
"But let me just really thank this panel, the previous panel as well, but the intensity now of the scientific research and then its application to the playing field, and actually so many other fields, ..."
"I think too often we don't thank the staff for the incredible work that they do."