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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.
Chris Borland -
I never played the game for money and attention. I love football, and I've had a blast.
Chris Borland
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Punishment for doing your job well is an unparalleled professional pressure.
Chris Borland -
You can't be in the locker room reading 'League of Denial.'
Chris Borland -
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.
Chris Borland -
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.
Chris Borland -
A generation of men really built the NFL and gave guys like me a shot, and a lot of these guys are left out in the cold by the league and forgotten.
Chris Borland -
I'm more athletic than people think.
Chris Borland
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Football's extremely important to me. iIt's my passion.
Chris Borland -
The act of riding a bicycle isn't causing brain trauma. Yeah, you could fall, but that's if something goes wrong. Everything could go right in football, and it's still dangerous.
Chris Borland -
If you turn on the film, I can play.
Chris Borland -
I just honestly want to do what's best for my health.
Chris Borland -
I was a history undergrad, and there's some things I could do in academics or business.
Chris Borland -
I guess I compete in everything I do, but it's always good to get out and be active and find an outlet for all of that pent-up aggression you had as an athlete.
Chris Borland
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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 don't really trust the NFL.
Chris Borland -
I just thought to myself, 'What am I doing? Is this how I'm going to live my adult life, banging my head, especially with what I've learned and know about the dangers?'
Chris Borland -
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.
Chris Borland -
I don't dislike football. I love football.
Chris Borland -
I walked away from pro football and a $2.9 million contract with the San Francisco 49ers because I didn't want to develop CTE.
Chris Borland