Concussion Monologues

In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.

Need is not weak. Need is need. You have to be the best version of yourself. If you don't know what that is, you pick something and fake it.

All of these animals have shock absorbers built into their bodies. The woodpecker's tongue extends through the back of the mouth out of the nostril, encircling the entire cranium. It is the anatomical equivalent of a safety belt for its brain. Human beings? Not a single piece of our anatomy protects us from those types of collisions. A human being will get concussed at sixty G's. A common head-to-head contact on a football field? One hundred G's. God did not intend for us to play football.

Tell the truth! Tell the truth!

When I was a boy, heaven was here,

and America was here.

You could be anything, you could do anything - I never wanted anything as much as I wanted to be an American.

I solved the problem. All they have to do is put on the side of the helmet, "The Surgeon General has determined that playing football is hazardous to your health."

Repetitive head trauma chokes the brain! And turns man into something else.

I want to marry you. We can fall in love…

That's good, because I already made the down payment.

Cyril, I can not go back to Nigeria. Everything that I am is here. My child has got to be born in America.

By my calculations, Mike Webster has sustained more than 70,000 blows to his head.

They could not come up with something this stupid in Nigeria!

I had a revelation tonight. This body was made for dancing.

Do you think he believes it's time to leave it alone?