“When they first handed me my helmet and pads, I jokingly asked, 'Do I have to wear these?' ... Without being up close to the game ? television is so far away ? is that you don't appreciate how physically fast and tough and strong and how much more they can impact the body because they have got shoulder pads and helmets. Ours is a different physically tough game.”
Ben Graham
“I think if you don't want to wear a helmet, don't wear a helmet. If you don't feel like wearing pads, don't wear them. It solves a lot of problems but I think it's a personal decision.”
Hal Gill
“When I first put them on, those new pads felt thin,”
Manny Legace
“Swerve to the left, son Roger, he said, / When you catch his eyes through the helmet-slit, / Swerve to the left, then out at his head, / And the Lord God give you the joy of it!”
William Morris
“There's nothing wrong with being aggressive ? the bloke down the other end has a bat, some pads and a helmet.”
Simon Jones
“We don't believe he was wearing a helmet or any protective gear. He was riding alone.”
Mark Kramer
“I know when Jamie McMurray puts his helmet on, he's going to drive as hard as he can whether he'll be there next year or not, ... He's going to do his job. It's just the chemistry is not going to be there if you know a driver would just as soon move on.”
Wally Dallenbach
