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Nothing good happens without a penalty.
Ann McKee
Good
Nothing
Penalty
Without
Happens
Our national identity is so interwoven with football.
Ann McKee
National
Our
Interwoven
Football
Identity
National Identity
I feel like Dr. Death.
Ann McKee
Death
Feel
Like
Dr
I can't say I love football anymore.
Ann McKee
Love
Say
Football
Anymore
If football is your passion in life and you would rather play football for 20 years and have a shortened life span, that's your choice.
Ann McKee
Life
You
Passion
Would
Rather
Life Span
Football
Years
Span
Shortened
Choice
Your
Play
Play Football
Frankly, I think it should be no football until you're physically mature.
Ann McKee
You
Think
Frankly
Physically
Football
Until
Mature
Should
We've now found CTE in former NFL players who played every position except kicker.
Ann McKee
Every
Except
Former
Who
Found
Now
Played
Players
Position
Is there a way that we would actually recognize the game of football with fewer tackles and fewer collisions? I'm not sure. But I think that's the direction we're going to have to go. Bigger fields? Fewer players on the field? I think we are ultimately going to have to change some of the major rules of the game.
Ann McKee
Game
Change
Field
Think
Way
Rules
Recognize
Would
Some
Direction
Football
Major
Sure
Go
Ultimately
Fewer
Going
Bigger
Fields
Actually
Players
I definitely agree about the future of youth football being flag. There's just more and more evidence that the youth brain is particularly susceptible to the injury - thin necks, big heads. They're not as coordinated; they're not as skillful. For many reasons, I think the wave of the future is flag football for youth.
Ann McKee
Future
Youth
Big
Think
Wave
Evidence
Definitely
About
More
More And More
Football
Heads
Particularly
Brain
Flag
Susceptible
Just
Being
Skillful
Reasons
Many
Agree
Coordinated
Injury
Thin
Necks
I think you have to be creative to make a difference in science.
Ann McKee
You
Creative
Science
Think
Make
Make A Difference
Difference
I do love the way the brain looks. I love the way it's shaped.
Ann McKee
Love
Way
Shaped
Looks
Brain
My brothers played football. In fact, I was an absolutely enormous Packer fan, and because I was raised in such a football-centric community, I have always had a terrific admiration for football players.
Ann McKee
Community
Enormous
Admiration
Brothers
Fact
Absolutely
Had
Football
Football Players
Terrific
Because
Always
In Fact
Fan
Played
Players
Raised
I run a number of different brain banks.
Ann McKee
Run
Brain
Different
Banks
Number
It's impossible for me to dissociate the risk of playing football from the risk of C.T.E.
Ann McKee
Me
Impossible
Risk
Football
Playing
I started out as a neurologist. I then trained in neuropathology and was focused on neurodegeneration. So, for years, I studied Alzheimer's, aging, Parkinson's, that kind of thing.
Ann McKee
Focused
Out
Kind
Neurologist
Parkinson
Studied
Alzheimer
Years
Trained
Then
Aging
Thing
Started
The thing you want your kids to do most of all is succeed in life and be everything they can be. And if there's anything that may infringe on that, that may limit that, I don't want my kids doing it.
Ann McKee
Life
You
Everything
Kids
Most
Limit
Doing
May
Want
Anything
Succeed
Your
Thing
Families don't donate brains of their loved ones unless they're concerned about the person.
Ann McKee
Unless
About
Concerned
Brains
Families
Person
Donate
Loved
Loved Ones
Football is an extraordinarily popular sport, and the whole game is played around this issue. The whole makeup of the game involves these subconcussive hits. I don't know how they're going to solve that problem. I don't think they know how they're going to solve that problem.
Ann McKee
Game
Problem
Think
Extraordinarily
Solve
Football
Know
Involves
Sport
Around
Makeup
How
Issue
Hits
Going
Popular
Whole
Played
They're elite athletes. They're amazing athletes. That's why I love football. I mean, it's incredible to me to see them go out for an unbelievable pass and actually make the catch. It's just an amazing game of athleticism and skill. They're different; there's no question. They're huge, they're fast, and they're all these wonderful things.
Ann McKee
Love
Me
Game
Wonderful
Amazing
Incredible
Out
Athletes
See
Unbelievable
No Question
Football
Catch
Make
Pass
Go
Question
Huge
Wonderful Things
Just
Different
Mean
Them
Skill
Why
Fast
Actually
Things
Elite
I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.
Anne Wojcicki
Success
Work
Best
Balance
Gender
Recipe
Environment
Feel
Work Environment
Actually
The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.
Anne Wojcicki
Health
Purpose
Protect
Real
Public
Public Health
Serve
I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error method to see if my child is allergic to an antibiotic or peanuts. I should just know.
Anne Wojcicki
Day
Crazy
Age
Allergic
Think
Trial
Trial And Error
See
Through
Absolutely
Day And Age
Know
Go
Method
Error
Child
Just
Should
Peanuts
There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.
Anne Wojcicki
Government
You
World
Enthusiasm
See
Genetics
Massive
Around
Real
Going
Initiatives
It's worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others.
Anne Wojcicki
Environmental
People
Worth
Complicated
Some People
Others
Some
About
More
Could
Disabilities
Factors
Lead
Long-Term
Genetic
Knowing
Brain
Explain
Traumatic
Injuries
Why
I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe - or from home or wherever works best for them.
Anne Wojcicki
Work
Best
Home
You
People
Cafe
Important
Think
Encourage
Wherever
Them
Flexibility
Works
Actually
There should be choice in healthcare.
Anne Wojcicki
Healthcare
Choice
Should
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