Chris Nowinski(I)

In September 2002, Nowinski had surgury to remove a marble-sized benign tumor on his left jaw.

[on concussion injuries in sports] We've got to get past this 'little kids involved in pillow fight' mentality. If parents knew what I knew, they would not be tolerating a lot of things in the sports world that they are. We are clearly exposing children to needless risk, and we're not upset about it. And we should be.