Concussion movie quotes tell the based on a true story of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu who discovered a connection between NFL players' concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The biographical sports and medical drama was adapted into a screenplay by Peter Landesman based on the book Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas. Landesman also directed Concussion, which opened in theaters on December 25, 2015.
In Concussion, pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) grew up wanting nothing more than to come to America from his native Nigeria. After he fulfilled that mission, he began a fellowship in pathology and neuropathology at the University of Pittsburgh and conducted an autopsy on local pro football legend Mike Webster in 2002. Subsequent testing of Webster's brain revealed a condition no one had seen before, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and a link that his repetitive concussions caused the condition and his death.
But when Omalu shared his findings with other doctors (including Alec Baldwin and Albert Brooks) and tried to share the research with the NFL (including Paul Reiser and Luke Wilson, hilariously as Roger Goodell), it was he who came under attack. Through various methods of intimidation and public denial of his facts, the league used multiple ways of trying to silence Dr. Omalu while many more died. This did not deter Omalu from his mission to make these findings known to all and save lives in the process.
Concussion brought a very serious topic to theaters which were already showing some other lighter movies including Joy, Daddy's Home, Point Break, The Hateful Eight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Sisters.
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They're Terrified of You
Dr. Bennet Omalu: What do they want?
Dr. Cyril Wecht: The NFL wants you to say you made it all up.
Dr. Bennet Omalu: I made it up?
Dr. Cyril Wecht: They're accusing you of fraud.
Dr. Ron Hamilton: If you retract, you'll be fine. This all goes away.
Dr. Bennet Omalu: Why? Why are they all doing this?
Dr. Cyril Wecht: They're terrified of you. Bennet Omalu is going to war with a corporation that has 20 million people on a weekly basis craving their product the same way they crave food. The NFL owns a day of the week, the same day the Church used to own. Now it's theirs. They're very big.
Dr. Omalu cannot understand why the NFL is battling his research so strongly. As Cyril explains, they're an insanely big company and this could shatter their profits.
This is Bigger Than They Are
Dr. Bennet Omalu: They have to listen to us. This is bigger than they are!
Dr. Omalu persists that the NFL needs to be open to his findings. This is about life and death, which is more important than their silly little football league.
I Found a Disease That No One Has
Dr. Bennet Omalu: I think found a disease that no one has ever seen before. Repetitive head trauma chokes the brain! It turns you into someone else.
By examining the brains of several deceased professional football players, Bennet discovered a disease no one yet had identified. He determined that multiple concussions caused horrific long-term brain injuries with tragic results.
They Don't Want to Talk to You
Dr. Julian Bailes: Tape, needles, Torodol, Vicodin, whatever it takes to keep them in the game. It's business.
Dr. Bennet Omalu: Get me a meeting with the commissioner.
Dr. Julian Bailes: They don't want to want to talk to you. The NFL has known about the concussion issue for years. You've turned on the lights and gave their biggest boogey man a name.
While Bennet is eager to meet with the NFL about his findings, Dr. Bailes explains why he needs to simmer down. As Julian says, the league is quite aware of this fact and is in no hurry to make the public aware of it too.
Tell the Truth!
Dr. Bennet Omalu: Tell the truth! Tell the truth!
Dr. Omalu is shocked when folks from the NFL continuously lie about the facts behind the deaths linked to CTE. It's unconscionable to him that they could deny this, knowing that men died because of this alarming situation.
I Have to Keep Going
Dr. Julian Bailes: What you think they're doing to you now, that's nothing. You have no idea how bad this could get.
Dr. Bennet Omalu: I have to keep going.
Discussing how the NFL is coming after Bennet as a method of intimidation to get him to keep his mouth shut, Julian warns Bennet that it can get much worse. The NFL has powers to do many things in this world and that should scare Bennet enough to stand down.
If They Continue to Deny My Work
Dr. Bennet Omalu: If they continue to deny my work, men continue to die.
Dr. Cyril Wecht: Sometimes in life you're asked to leave it alone. But sometimes you can't.
As Dr. Wecht highlights, sometimes when people want you to do one thing, that nagging morality inside you prevents that. This is the case for Dr. Omalu, who knows that if this discovery is hushed, more will die.
We Must Honor Our Warriors
Dr. Bennet Omalu: These men are not machines. We must honor our warriors!
Speaking to a crowd, Bennet reinforces his belief that his research warrants immediate action from the NFL. Everyone loves pro football players and they should be honored as the warriors on the gridiron that they are.
Commissioner Goodell, I Asked You a Simple Question
Congressman: Is there any link between head injuries and professional football players?
Commissioner Goodell: The NFL, it's an entertainment product.
Congressman: When did you become aware of the concussion issue?
Commissioner Goodell: This is an evolving science.
Congressman: Commissioner Goodell, I asked you a simple question.
In what is likely an unconnected set of declarations by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the commish tries to weasel his way out of answering questions about CTE. One could argue that his lack of cooperation with Congress is conduct detrimental to the game.
If You Don't Speak for Them, Who Will?
Dr. Bennet Omalu: When I was a boy, heaven was here and America was here. You could be anything, you could do anything. I never wanted anything as much as I wanted to be an American.
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Dr. Bennet Omalu: I am the wrong person to have discovered this.
Prema Mutiso: If you don't speak for them, who will?
In speaking to his lady friend, Dr. Omalu explains how he wanted to much to be an American, yet what he found here would make him quite the enemy of the country. As Prema reminds him, he can save lives by sharing his discovery.