Top 30 Ann McKee Quotes

I’m a Cheesehead.

Nothing good happens without a penalty.

It makes common sense that children, whose brains are rapidly developing, should not be hitting their heads hundreds of times per season.

Kids’ brains are developing. Their heads are a larger part of their body, and their necks are not as strong as adults’ necks. So kids may be at a greater risk of head and brain injuries than adults.

Is a concussion going to lead to CTE? No, probably not in most cases. But if you have enough concussions over a certain amount of time, yes, then I think you can lead to CTE.

We’ve now found CTE in former NFL players who played every position except kicker.

I was born and raised right outside of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Junior Seau’s CTE finding raises a lot of issues for everyone. He is such a beacon. He was so young when he died. He was an active player for so long. He was such an amazing individual who was well loved by his teammates and his community.

I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the head.

I run a number of different brain banks.

I do love the way the brain looks. I love the way it’s shaped.

I’m not your run-of-the-mill scientist.

I was born with football – my brothers, my dad. I played football when I was a kid. I mean, you know, it was part of life. It’s a part of growing up. It’s – you know, it’s a way of life.

I just want to make sports safe for our kids.

Families don’t donate brains of their loved ones unless they’re concerned about the person.

Is there a way that we would actually recognize the game of football with fewer tackles and fewer collisions? I’m not sure. But I think that’s the direction we’re going to have to go. Bigger fields? Fewer players on the field? I think we are ultimately going to have to change some of the major rules of the game.

My son was a goalkeeper in soccer, and he luckily never had much head trauma. He never had any concussions or anything. I really wanted him to play football, but now I’m thankful he didn’t.

Certainly, our work has identified CTE in many professional football players, but we’re also seeing it in a very high percentage of college players.

Every one of them is different. In fact, brains are like faces in that no two are ever alike.

I think you have to be creative to make a difference in science.

I love sports, OK? But I think we really need to take it on ourselves to not be so crazy about sports, not to risk someone’s future just because we think they might be the next star.

Football is an extraordinarily popular sport, and the whole game is played around this issue. The whole makeup of the game involves these subconcussive hits. I don’t know how they’re going to solve that problem. I don’t think they know how they’re going to solve that problem.

Subconcussive injuries are brain injuries on top of unrecovered brain injuries.

My brothers played football. In fact, I was an absolutely enormous Packer fan, and because I was raised in such a football-centric community, I have always had a terrific admiration for football players.

My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.

While we know, on average, that certain positions experience more repetitive head impacts and are more likely at greater risk for CTE, no position is immune.

Football is an American sport. Everyone loves it. I certainly would never want to ban football.

I do have a son. He’s out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn’t play football. I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is awful.’ My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

My greatest hope is that we learn how trauma induces neurodegeneration in susceptible individuals.

I can’t say I love football anymore.