Steve Courson
Steve Courson
Stephen Paul "Steve" Coursonwas an American football guard for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers...
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When they tell you that you need a new heart or you're going to die, you have time to reflect on the decisions you made in life. Steroids impacted my life in a negative way,
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Athletes didn't invent this stuff. We opened Pandora's box. We're still trying to figure out how to close it. It's bottomless. It's impossible to eliminate them. Let's accept it's inevitable. But don't put athletes on a moral pedestal when it's an absolute joke. Don't speak of purity and ideals. There's too much money invested in performance.
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It's the intensity of the competition, ... The National Football League should consider having a weight limit to ensure more players will not die.
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There are cultural obstacles in addressing this. When you really pry under the lid, it is really ugly. We love our sports, and we want them to be this mythical fantasyland. But in our heart of hearts, we know that it isn't, and that's the cultural conundrum.