“I think every year you're in the NFL you probably lose three or five years off your lifespan.” Quote by Donte Stallworth
“Player safety is definitely something that has to be at the top of the list. I think that the union and the NFL are doing all they can to make sure they're protecting the players the best they can.” ThinkingPlayerSafety Author:Donte Stallworth
“You're never going to get rid of the injuries. The injuries are going to happen as long as there's football, especially the way it's always been played. So that's something that won't go away. But I guess they're trying to do the best they can to reduce those injuries and really take guys out of harm's way as much as they can.” TryingLongGuyFootballInjuryGoing Away Author:Donte Stallworth
“I don't know what the NFL's going to look like in 15 years. Who knows. It's a great game; it's done a lot for me in my life.” Done Author:Donte Stallworth
“Malcolm Gladwell was on TV talking about wanting to have college football banned. It's interesting just because of him even bringing the topic up. Sooner or later, whether people are for or against it whether they like it or not, that is going to be a discussion that is going to come up. That's how it all starts - someone brings up the inquiry: Should we continue to let our children play Pop Warner, high school, and college football? Ten, 15, 20 years from now, who knows where that conversation is going to be.” PeopleChildrenSchoolInterestingFootballCollegeHigh SchoolOur ChildrenDiscussionChildren Playing Author:Donte Stallworth
“It's like, 'Wow. Yes, I had fun... but damn, was it really all worth it when I'm in a wheelchair at the age of 45 and can't play with my grandkids?'” AgeFunWorth ItGrandkidsHad FunI Had Fun Author:Donte Stallworth
“Ever since I was a kid I've always loved history. I think that kind of catapulted things, but I would say the two major factors were maybe 9/11 and the election of Barack Obama.” ThinkingKindKidsElectionBarack Author:Donte Stallworth
“For me, 9/11, it was my last year in college and I didn't know anything about Al Qaeda, I didn't know anything about bin Laden, I had no idea. I think probably after a few years when I started seeing how the country and the policy was shifting due to terrorism, I wanted to know: Why are these people terrorizing us, and who are they?” PeopleThinkingCountryPolicyCollegeTerrorismBin LadenAl Qaeda Author:Donte Stallworth
“I've never thought that I would see any man of color, not just a black president, but any man of color, I never thought that I would live to see that. I thought maybe my grandchildren would, but I never thought I would. So when Barack Obama first started to run I was like, "I've never heard of this guy - he probably doesn't have a shot." But then he started picking up steam and that piqued my interest.” MenRunningGuyBlackPresidentInterestBarackGrandchildrenMy Grandchildren Author:Donte Stallworth
“I get a lot of people that are thanking me for speaking out about certain issues. I get people telling me, "If you don't like it here, then there's plenty of other countries to go to," which is hilarious to me. I don't take anything personal. A lot of people are blinded by their love for this country.” PeopleCountryPlentySpeaking Out Author:Donte Stallworth
“Anyone that knows me will tell you that any time we're going somewhere, if there's a US flag, they'll always point it out because they know I love it. Just how our whole country started and just the migration of Europeans to this country, all of that, just the history of everything has fascinated me, but my biggest thing is I want people to understand that when there are hostilities between nations there's always two sides.” PeopleCountryKnow MeHostility Author:Donte Stallworth