“I think right now the players feel they're impervious, that they've got age on their side. But no matter how big and strong and fast they are, they can't outrun disease.”
“To have three out of five is bad enough, but these guys had all five. If these men were 50 years old, they would have had a heart attack or a stroke by now. The only thing saving them is their ages.”
“You have to shut it down and identify the reasons, ... So many times [teams] are forced into a situation of treating the symptoms because they don't have the time. But the hamstring strain is a red flag of a symptom. If you don't get the problem addressed, you still have the original problem and now you have a second problem that was only a symptom before.”
