Arian Foster "If I had to do it again, I wouldn't have played football" - The Joe Rogan Experience
2017 ж. 8 Нау.
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Arian Foster talks about playing through injuries in the NFL, CTE, and that if he could do it all over again, he wouldn't have played football.
Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #928.
"You're in your prime physically as a man, but you're in your infancy, mentally." DEEP. So true.
artnayirs dam...
So when does man hit prime mentally?
i literally read this comment as he said it
@@JolinHard I would say maybe mid 40s? But I'm 21, so what do I know?
I'm sure people have been trying to tell you this your whole life and finally in a damn Arian Foster interview you get it...
Even the most materialistic person has to admit that health is the one thing universally more important than money
jd123 Especially with what we are learning about the brain and CTE. Rough stuff.
jd123 Health is more important, but unfortunatelly money can sometimes be the only means of getting that health.
Tom Pnoid no you wouldn't tell that to a paraplegic.
"If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything." - Princess Bride
Tom Pnoid you're choice but tell a paraplegic that. btw I'm a broke too.
This man comes on a podcast and says this yet we still have bums online, whose feet have never touched a field, talking about the game becoming soft. Stay in your lane
Jamie Gaskins fans fuel the sport you really think this sport would go on if nobody tuned in or bought merchandise. they’re allowed to talk shit about it if they want STFU and quit being soft i bet these guys don’t even care about the shit talking
@@franny6482 stfu you scrub
@@adamwelles5502 he's not wrong
@@kylewilson5433 well guess what the fans opinions are irrelevant, because at the end of the day they dont fucking matter. Dont like something dont watch it.
@@adamwelles5502 You're an idiot. If a large enough amount of fans lose interest than the league loses money...which the Owners and Players obviously care a lot about. To suggest fans opinions are irrelevant is retarded. Obviously the league is not going to bend to the whim of every jackass, but without the fans, the players would be making WNBA money, and the owners would need to have their payrolls subsidized by another, more successful league. The league is well aware of their perception amongst fans and works hard to keep it positive.
This seriously makes you appreciate these guys and really appreciate the old dudes like Fitzgerald, Brady, Gore. Their bodies are just unreal
They just built different
You just compared tom Brady to frank gore in terms of physical weariness. Do me a solid and shut the fuck up lmao
At least QBs fall under more rules for protection now. That’s the only reason brady can still play. The triple hit that Steve young took which ended his career has basically been banned. But the rest of the roster is basically infantry.
Nah QBs are protected. I give it to the guys who really were making lots of contact in each game they played
@@jackjack4413 I compared them in terms of physical longevity you tard, if you can’t appreciate toughness when you see it you shouldn’t be watching football
Really interesting insights from a man who's been there and done that.
I think that's true in a lot of ways. There really is a strong anti education and anti logic bent in american thinking. All wrapped up in the bullshit package of "protecting freedom".
Blue Irish - you’re a fuckin moron. Bro
BS... take his money away and he would play tomorrow.. 1 second ago•
Easy to say now that hes rich and doesnt have to work. If he was working 40 hours a week at a manufacturing job for 20$ an hour for 10 years im sure he would have a greatful mindset for playing
The Goat except he's saying he'd want to be a scientist, and he probably means excel as a scientist. He's not talking about being normal.
damn he was done at 30..... running back at the nfl position they use you up and spit you out, i got no problem with anyone holding out for more money
Unless you are a lineman for the Steelers then you play for scraps and then get thrown out.
brandin welch respect to Laveon
@@anthonyantmanedwardsisbett8197 you blame at all Cousins..... I would like to hear this one. Waiting with baited breath.
@Dino Jabroni so if you worked somewhere and got paud millions of dollars to do it , then found out that something that you did at work caused permanent brain damage . You would be ok with it? "Money isn't everything , everything isn't money". Quote
@Dino Jabroni starts with... " I know the studies on CTE are recent but...." and then dosent answer the question that I asked. It was not common sense that football causes permanent brain damage just 10 years ago . It's a tough job. Do they get paid well? Sure they do ... I also get paid well for my job but if I were exposed purposefully or accidentally to something that could cause me permanent damage at work . The company should be held accountable. You cant say I should have known better? My employer is responsible to protect my safety, if they knew that I was exposed to a poisonous gas that my mask or filters didnt protect me from they would be responsible. It doesn't matter if I make 6 figures a year.
People forget how good he was too. 2200 total yards and 18 TD's in his sophomore season, then followed by an 1800 yard season and a 1600 yard season, he got hurt and missed half the season, came back and then had 1500 yards before more and more injuries. After his 1500 yard season in Houston he only played 8 more NFL games in 2 seasons before retiring. Well spoken and humble. Much respect
*ZERO* percent chance he had 1,500 yards in *HALF* a season.
Are you speaking rushing and catching because he only had 1600 once and only passed a 1000 rushing 4 times out of 8
2200 total yards he said
@@DillonDank What's up bro....didn't get past 6th grade or what? Nowhere did he indicate that Foster got 1500 yards in a half-season. Read it again, and if that doesn't help, get someone smarter than you (walk outside and grab the first person you run into) and have them explain it to you.
@@DillonDank he said after his 1500 yard season, he only played 8 more games
This guy is 30 and experienced all this. Imagine guys like Adrian Peterson that are 33-35 years old and still playing at high levels
@@Jemo0 so when AP tore his ACL and MCL and casually came back 8 months later to almost break the record rushing yards in a season he hasn’t experienced the same punishment? Naw they at the same level AP just don’t care and wants money.
@@Jemo0 no other injuries reported cuz he either got doped up and played through them or just straight up ignored protocol. They don’t let their players get away with the stuff the used to do.
Well AP is definitely getting CTE
@@Jemo0 AP is a much bigger guy than Arian Foster. AP has an almost unique blend of size and quickness, their frames are night and day. Arian Foster is like average guy frame with a lot of working out on top of it.
So my fav, but he def not playing at a high level anymore lol
We need more Arian Fosters. I love that he is a deep thinker and displays intellectual honesty. And yeah, the NFL is great fun and all, but science is where it's at! Glad to see this level of maturity in an athlete.
Science is competitive too...
Great to see a guy be real and not try to push it on his kids just because he played football.
say that to the NFL shareholders. When a league starts paying scientists millions of dollars on a yearly bases, I think we'll start seeing some innovative stuff.
Science is not where its at. Its hypothetical tangent upon hypothetical tangent. Modern medicine i understand. But science is arrogance at its worst.
"Science" is nothing without fitting a niche. Did he want his kids to study medicine? Insects? Climate? Science is too broad just to throw out there
Foster is really well spoken. hope to hear more from him. this was great to listen to.
Joe Pesci listen to his 'Now What?' Podcast.. dude is really dope.. he trynna find out what he wants to do after the NFL.. "now what?"
Joe Pesci It’s crazy that he’s speaking that clearly considering the amount of concussions he’s had.
he's like 30.. lol
Facts
Joe Pesci wow he’s really well spoken for someone that went to college
This dude was the truth man. Sad to see it really affected him like that. He was on top for a good few years.
It seems like he got out at the right time. Hopefully the money he’s made can help him deal with any physical or mental issues. It’s a cautionary tale for sure though.
Crazy a few years is considered a decent career in American football. Top athletes in the large majority of sports typically last a decade
Man when he was in college bro was unstoppable. But he put hella miles on his body before he even got to the league.
@@11oshelbourne its the most brutal sport on the planet lol
Seriously bro I remember him beasting while I was in middle school. Nostalgia
Arian had such a beautiful running style. He will go down as one of the more under-appreciated players of that generation. He seems like such a genuinely good person, I hope he finds nothing but success in life.
Man, he was so good
He had 2000 yards from scrimmage one season, impressive player
Running backs are a dime a dozen lmao. Just need a healthy one
Those long gentle strides into the line gaps. He was fantastic to watch.
Arian running was art. It was like modern dance.
This makes Frank Gore's (and Curtis Martin) career that much greater in my eyes.
Gore doesn't have much between the ears, so he's good for like 5 more seasons. Lmfao
@@charlesfoster9530 sad to say he was like that b4 playing all that football lol
@@charlesfoster9530 He's still a top bloke though.
Haven't seen the after effects yet. Hope they addres well, but sometimes it hits hard later.
True
NFL= not for long.
Best comment mate
Unless you are Antonio Gates lol
😂😂😂 big facts
@@chrismartinez4979 Or Adam Vinatieri. That dude is ancient, but he's still got it. Fuck Tom Brady.
Not for Losers
Arian is a great interview. You can tell he's a super intelligent dude in a way that isn't self congratulatory or self serving. Seems like a good guy
Philosophy major, go figure.
I think anyone who says “we just didn’t know” about concussions is disingenuous and a bad actor. This guy has done a wonderful job of making himself into a victim in this story. And to the guy with the “philosophy major, gofigure” comment... I rolled my eyes so hard they almost fell out of my head.
@@itsimminent you are so dumb lmao
@@itsimminent sound like a certified goof and like someone who’s never set foot in a high level football game
@@marcusash7 lol you don’t know shit
I had a high school teammate who played 7 years in the NFL. When I saw him at our 20-year reunion in 2005, he looked 20 years older than the rest of us. His memory started not working in his early 40s, and he died this year at 54. He had no less than 15 concussions that caused him to black out during his career.
Who was it?
Who
Tony Jones? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jones_(offensive_tackle)
Yup from Arkansas
I had 7 in high school. Now I am 50 and hurt so bad. I cant run anymore . These next few years are going to suck.
Wow, I'm a big Arian Foster fan. Never would've guessed he would feel that way about it.
Nick Messner - he was always known as the philosopher, even at Tennessee. Always reading a book
Tyler King how do you know he was always known as a philosopher
makes sense. from what I remember he had a bunch of monster years and was considered the best.. was tragically injured and basically tossed aside.
Playing with an injury is one the the stupidest things a player can do, he is risking hurting the injury even more smh
Nick Messner Pain changes thinggs
This guys speaks the truth. Fuck anyone who tries to trash him.
Englewood Frank21 ive been riding it and that shit feels good. my asshole will never take another dick this good
This is one of the most underrated podcasts in all of JRE
So true
I doubt he'll ever see this, but damn Arian Foster, when you said you're pushing your kids to excel in academia instead of risking their body/brain, I damn near got choked up. I'm so amazed by the things you said in this interview, so mature and intelligent and wise at your age. Stay up fam.
Yeah cause academia doesn’t fuck people up.
Soft azz
@@bodiddly3679 your types do nothing to progress the world. It's the great minds that do.
Joe is so underrated as an interviewer. He always makes it a discussion, or chat, while asking the right questions and always has an appropriate response.
Ya he's not a curly headed fuck lmfao
If you’re impressed by this interview you should also consider joe really has no intrest at all in football and still have a great interview
Yeah it’s really nice to hear the guest not get interrupted every time they talk
How is he underrated? He gets paid huge money for his podcast, is often in the news and is very well known. His podcast isn't exactly flying below the radar
Underrated? What would make him accurately rated. He’s the most viewed podcast person
Wish he asked him about painkillers in the NFL
Genghis Khan true, if you ever see that documentary "Broke" about pro athletes spending all their money. they say on there if you get hurt they just shoot you up with shit and send you back out and I'm not talking about sprained ankles and shit but more serious injuries like this broken collar bone injury, concussions, etc.
Yup
I watched the whole podcast.. he even briefly says "once the pain pills wear off from a game" ... blah blah blah.............. they both just glossed right over it, but it sounded like its just normal to take pain pills while playing. makes sense to though. ... oh shit, its actually in this vid. lol
Genghis Khan When are ur new Mini Series coming out? Jorge Masdival!
I think that account is "Genghisconfilms". Not me, but those videos are aweseome
My coach always said “the best ability is availability” that’s why nobody tells coaches when they’re hurt
Rickey Henderson's mom was seriously wise making him choose baseball.
I wish my mom was wise
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baseball is kinda pussy
There's a heisman trophy winner that played for the knicks
@@tpsam Charlie Ward
Best RB in Texans history
Cavity Creep wait 5 more season.
Cavity Creep foreman up next
@R L Agreed, if your best rb is arian foster you know your franchise has been shit.
Blake Herdlein have you even seen Arian Foster play?
niggas in this thread dumb as hell
Dude was hurt his entire career and played with a lot of character. Respect ✊
He was a warrior so his son could be a poet, and his son could be a scientist.
He played football, far being a warrior...he sustained injuries in pursuit of financial independence. His sacrifices were rewarded monetarily, and his sons will benefit, but c'mon with all of that "warrior" talk
Ben Ladik clearly a metaphor, he sacrificed his physical health so his children wouldn’t have to, so how isn’t he a warrior
@@BenDownTooLong you're a dick
@@BenDownTooLong Football is absolutely a combat sport
@@BenDownTooLong stfu goon
Kind of how I feel about football in highschool, played for 8 years, multiple concussions. Now suffering with depression, and memory problems with no college contract or anything else to show for it. And I'm only 18 keep that in mind.
thatkidd head up bro
Have-a- Cigar Shut the fuck up boomer
@Have-a- Cigar When did I say I failed in life???
“That’s crazy man, you ever do DMT?”
🤦♂️
Every time bro... lol
Russ Bilderback lmfao
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I remember hearing ladainian Tomlinson talk about how his best plays were after he got lit up by a defender. He said the plays after that were as if I was doing nothing and my body was doing everything for me and I didn’t even have to try, almost an out of body experience.
Error 15513 bro can I find that interview anywhere lol
That's exactly right. It's like you're a passenger in your own body as it plays the game.
Your eyes guide you your mind reacts and your body follows. When you are running it's silent. Until you get tackled, score etc.
Your adrenaline kicks in & your instincts take over and you ball the fuck out. Shit is the best drug in the world.
Ultra Instinct duh
Made me cringe when he said he continued playing with a broken collar bone. That's brutal
incredibly painful bone to break too...crazy
A guy was just playing in the NFL playoffs with a broken fibula. Thats a bone in your leg that I once broke and trust you cannot walk and sure as hell can't run!!!! These players risk it all and they dont even get paid as well as NBA players. And the NFL is richer than the NBA. In fact its the richest sports league in the world
That's one bone I never want to break. One of many.
@@beattheodds6219 Was with you until you mentioned pay. These dudes make absolutely disgusting amounts of money. That's why they play with injuries like that.
@@Logan_93 i compared their pay to NBA players who don't ever play with any broken bones besides a fractured finger. They're playing with broken legs and collarbones but don't get paid as much. Russell Wilson is the highest paid NFL player making 35 million a year. A guy named Mike Conley Jr whos a solid nba player but was never an all star and has zero accolades makes 35 million a year. Its just crazy to hear that the NFL is such a higher risk for less money and the league is valued at 13 billion. Wealthiest professional sports league on the planet
This is such an important conversation.
To hear a guy who played in the league say all this stuff, and go as far as to say he would never let his kids play football really puts the damage it does to you in perspective...
A lot of ex nfl players say the same. They did it to get out of the hood
Facts
I mean, me as a european, all i have to say it, what the frick did y'all expect,?? Just look at the highlights 😭😭😭 hell nah that shits healthy. Dont need no science stuff to tell me
@@lTheRealCJl Americans don't know better, get off your horse. They're taught to fight democrats then turn around and bash republicans at a coin toss. Just be happy you got a decent education...
If you spent your life sacrificing your body for money I'd feel the same way. We don't see how he probably wakes up in pain everyday, and wonders how he'll deal with it as he ages.
No kidding, the mind is the one thing you don’t want to play around with. This shit is science, too many shots and you WILL lose it, some fare better than others, but it’s such a risk.
@Patrick Swayze you have a point, but this ain't about us. It's about him.
I know it’s a different sport but hulk hogan said the same thing
@Shaun K because most people wont have the work ethic onedrive a pro athlete has....
For some players it’s for the money but it’s not all about money versus health.
Arian Foster is so well spoken and honest. I gained a huge respect for him. I didn't know anything about him as a person up until this podcast... He's an awesome human being
Great man, smart man! Thanks Adrian for your honesty brother! Enjoyed watching you for those years, always a gentleman!
I suffered a pelvic separation playing lacrosse that never fully healed. I have never felt something more real than Foster saying,”Pain becomes an everyday part of life.” Some true words
Nothing but respect for this guy. Loved watching him play at Tennessee & proceed to fight his way into the league. Hate his career was cut so short. VFL.
Humble and smart guy, just got a whole new respect for him. Awesome interview snip.
Still one of my favorite interviews of all time
Jerome Bettis has talked about how the first 3-4 days after a game he couldnt get out of bed, he would progress to being able to jog by friday, would do a practice walk through on saturday, and do it all over again on sunday loaded with painkillers
Thursday night games kill these players man. Sherman said the body doesn’t recover in time by Thursday.
I remember the ESPN special it showed him taking an extra 25min to get up and down the hall. This was the year AFTER retirement. Wild
@Mitchell D i think running back is a little different though. youre a 200pound bowling ball trying to knock down 300 pound pins. Definitely shortest career out of all positions
Damn
Just learned that Foster was a philosophy major in college so that kind've shows in his personality. He is definitely a deep thinker.
Lol yeah that and I'm sure the course load was non existant. I doubt foster spent much if any time in a classroom in college.
@@donsolos stfu
I’ve always heard he’s a smart guy. After listening to this interview seems to confirm it
A deep thinker? He says society should be artists and scientists - who's going to make things and provide services? This guy is a shallow thinker at best.
@@8thaccount535 artists and scientists
I remember that monday night Chicago game.. THANK YOU for the best memories of Houston football Foster 🤘🏽
Foster was an absolute workhorse for Houston. This was a great interview.
I’m literally feeling aches and pains from a life of football. I started at 4 years old tackle football, it killed my body man then the coaches don’t want you to do anything but ice it. It’s truly crazy
Me too man. Well I started tackle at 9. I played until I was 19. I have many aches and pains. I know I have some kind of cte. I blacked out many times playing linebacker.
especially back then before concussions were known at least know things are being down with regards to rules.
Same here man started at 10 and I played violent im 32 and still feel the affects 💯
@@durrellthomas4806 fix it. You're a baby. I grew an inch taller from age ,32-34.
@@sasquatchrosefarts no you didn’t, lay off the pookie pipe.
I’ve always heard that playing running back in the NFL is like being in a car wreck every week.
Playing almost any position really.
Yea you hit the hole and you have either a LB meeting you or a safety running downhill to hit you
Being an offensive lineman or defensive lineman, every snap has the impact of a car crash on their bodies
That’s why it’s the most skilled position. It takes a special guy to ram his body into big ass dudes every week and tough it out.
Emmit Smith said that.
Smart man he realized there was so much more for him in life.
This interview is dope af I gained new respect for Arian Foster
When they hit each other it's crazy the sound they make so props to these modern day Gladiators.
That man went undrafted? He was the best running back Houston’s had since Earl Campbell.
Negative, Eddie George.
ComplexBlackness that’s a different franchise Eddie George player for the oilers who are now the titans he didn’t play for the Texans franchise
He was the best in the league barring injuries
@@jacrispiejackson69 then that would mean Earl Cambell played for a different franchise. You can't pick and choose what counts
Jacob Lowther I never said anything about him lmao and yes he did play for a different franchise I never said he didn’t dumbass I wasn’t talking about him I was talking about Eddie George
Humble AF
I’ve had a lot of sports injuries over the years and a broken collarbone was the one that completely debilitated me for like 2 weeks. It hurts every single time you move anything. I literally cannot imagine playing a football game with that going on. Unbelievable.
A broken rib is the same God help you if you have to sneeze, that’s the worst
Probably got a shot of something
I broke my clavicle last may when I flew off a bike with my hand stretched out. You lose the ability to lift your arm for like 3 months and can't lift more than 10 lbs for like 5 months because the bone would separate if I did because it was like gelatin while healing. Sleeping or sitting in any position is agony because there are some many muscles in the clavicle area any little move has these strong ass muscles pull at the bone. I went through all my hydrocordone in 5 days. Playing football with a broken collar bone would be impossible because you wouldn't be able to grip anyone your arm wouldn't move and you probably wouldn't have any strength in that arm.
Motocross racers are the most common athletes to break collarbones out of any sport there is. It happened to me and tons of others too. I’d say at least 80% if not more of the racers in a pro race have broke one if not both collarbones in their careers aswell as whatever other injuries they’ve sustained. MX is one of the gnarliest sports ever as well as one of the most physically demanding big it doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. In that crash that I broke my collarbone, I also broke a rib which stabbed and punctured my lung, ending up causing it to collapse, completely destroyed my left foot (my toes were pointed towards the ground), and almost ruptured my spleen. I now no longer have multiple joints in my foot anymore because the bone got pulverized and hardened how it was. The collarbone and foot hurt so bad that I couldnt even feel my rib or lung. I had no idea I had a broken rib and collapsed lung even though I should’ve because I could only breathe half as much as normal. Had to have a chest tube pumping blood out of my lung for 3 days. Had to walk with a weird kind of walker and boot type device on my foot to get around because it all happened on my left side. But like any Moto dude right after the crash my thought was, “man my bike is completely fucked.”
Bo Jackson said the same.he said if he had to do it all over again he wouldn't of played football and he doesn't let his son play
He would have just stuck with baseball
Bo Jackson is different. He could’ve been an all star in whatever sport he chose. Not all people can be multi sport athletes
Aramonde Hasashi and would have been an all time great in baseball
@@bomieboda6775 that's a stretch, he might be able to edge into the hof with full baseball focus but he was just a pretty good power hitter tbh.
Al Phuckya the level of athletes these guys are, I think they would still excel at other sports if they had trained specifically for that sport, like they practiced for football. Receivers and corners would be excellent track/soccer players, quarterbacks as pitchers, lineman as shot or discus throwers. They already have the physical attributes to excel in football, they could probably do it in other sports with proper training.
yeah, he made millions but 14 surgeries? you guys probably never got injured but SURGERY? Having all of that being done to your shoulders, arms, ankles, collarbone, back, knees, hips. Not to mention the rehab after. That shit is terrible, you couldn't pay me money to do that shit.
Ive had several. And no one paid for them and nobody gave me anything for them
+Dave Studdaman That's because you have no skill or talent that someone's willing to pay for. Do you want a high 5 or something??
You fucktards missed the whole point of the comment. As expected. What I'm saying is he had people that paid for his surgeries. The very best doctors and rehab professionals. THAT IS THE POINT.
the rehab these guys have to go through is fucking insane. that shit will take a toll on the body no doubt, especially as you get older.
This guy was ALWAYS hurt maybe one of the most injury prone in the league
One of my favorite running backs of all time! Good shit for having him on Joe!
This is one of Joe’s best podcasts ever hands down they go so in-depth on this subject of the insanity of the NCAA institution
Houston Loves You Arian!
Joshua Orrillo right! He was amazing! Wish you luck this season! Would you be willing to cub to me ? I’ll sub back !! Thanks bro
I remember this guy breaking out against the Colts, and then continuing to thrash us every chance he got the rest of his career. Salute
One of the most underrated running backs of his time would love to see him on here again
even more relevant after the Andrew Luck retirement.
Luck is coming back. Texts have been leaked. He's meeting with Irsay soon...
@@PhlavaReacts2 as much as I wish that were true they were confirmed fake he’s done
@@freetayk8593 lo, Until he's not.... Wait for it
@@PhlavaReacts2 I hope your right
@@PhlavaReacts2 ur gonna feel real dumb when nothing happens lmao
Play baseball, basketball, soccer, you make more money and less stress on body
Good luck playing NBA ball at 6'1" 230 lbs. Even soccer isn't going to work with those dimensions.
Luis Villa High level football makes more money basketball or baseball. Soccer yeah but only if you're from a country where its the main sport and you play on the best home team which is much harder to get into it. Not to mention a guy who is like 5'4-6ft and muscular may not even get a chance to be drafted into lower teams for those sports beings they favor longer and leaner (unless its a power swinger in baseball). Your choices for being s pro athlete with a build like Yoel Romero, Mighty Mouse, or Mathew Stafford become fighting, football, or a sport where there is very little money like rugby or any of the olympic events.
funny you say this but a few of my doctors in the past said they saw more injuries from baseball plays than any other sport
it's not that there's a biased against those dimensions. It's that when the CREAM rises to the top. The better athlete will more likley be 6'1 175 not 230
Strongside Agreed. Even with low body fat I'm 5'11" 240lbs. Not the typical body type for soccer or basketball. After college football I went to kickboxing. My body will hate me later in life lol.
My body broke down after 1 year of college football. 20 years later I deal with pain from injuries everyday. I'm only one small sardine swimming in a big ocean of this, but there are many times in high school and that 1 year of college that I should have opted to sit out and recover instead of playing injured, or wish I had a doctor at the time to say that the constant migraines and lack of sleep were due to concussions, and that I shouldn't be on the field.
Very insightful young man. Good luck to him in his future endeavors.
One of the most fun running backs to watch! So awesome to get to see more of him on a personal level!! Dude is wise beyond his years.
According to him it's all scripted.
@@aaronflanary271 lmao it’s funny he said that when he went thru all these injuries and surgeries
@@aaronflanary271 Source or just bullshit
Tore my ACL and MCL in 11th grade during a football game, I'm 23 now and the pain is still there everyday. I wish I never played football, it turned off the light for my ambition and excitement for enjoying life as much as I would have.
Jackson Rommel stem cells man. Get that knee fixed and live your life to the fullest.
Was it a complete tear, or a partial tear? Also, did you get knee-reconstruction surgery or did your doctor tell you there was no point?
Any doctor that tells you theres no point in replacing a fully torn acl needs their ass beat
Tore my ACL completely in 2012 senior year of football year and to this day I feel like I never tore it. I’m guessing my doctor did a great job on me . I got cleared in 5 1/2 months as well tho. So I guess I don’t understand what it feels like when people complain about the knees , ankles years later after surgery
SUFFER
Literally I used the NFL concussion exam called MACE exams on IED victims in Afghanistan. Football is not safe lol
Americans are so weird with sport
That's why he got paid $38 million to play. Otherwise he'd be working at Popeye's for $10/hr
He was literally playing with a chip on his shoulder
3:06 My god dude, thats exactly what happened to me. I used to be a mountain runner and my knees and ankles got so fucked up, my coach told me to stop training, and from then on everytime I walk, run, jump, stand up and whatever else I feel pain in either my knees or ankles, and as he said you just get used to it.
Damn glad I started skipping football to smoke weed
Perez Andrew my coaches lite a fire under anyone that misses a single practice even if you have a good excuse. You get punished hella for missing
@@pezzypiff8375 colby
pezzypiff lol I remember those days
Weed puts holes in your brain literally
Ramon Alzate shutup ramen
This interview helped me a lot
I hated to see how they shaped him, physically and play style. In high school, he was like a gazzelle. Long strides, insane change of direction skills. After college, they made him put on a crap ton of muscle and turned him into a downhill runner. Had he been allowed to maintain his style, he may have had more longevity, and less injuries.
He never performed at an elite level in college. I watched every game he played at UT. He was good not great. That’s why he was undrafted. He was a late bloomer.
I remember when he was playing at Mission bay high school. Hell of an athlete
@@Jonasdevenport858 I played wr on that team. It was fun blocking for him
@@jeremiahmalsack4718 that’s dope man I played at clairemont
@@Jonasdevenport858 nice, what year you graduate?
I tried to tell this to my father. I started noticing my mood was changing and I had memory problems at the age of 18. I didn’t want to play football anymore and he was furious. At the age of 18 I already tore several ligaments in my knees, elbow, shoulder, and I had mental issues. I also almost became addicted to Oxys because me and most of the varsity squad would share pills. We even crushed them up and snorted them during halftime so they could release faster. It’s not the same as other sports. You literally have to go into the dark dungeons of your mind to survive. Basically all of the good players are only playing because they are the ones who don’t tell anybody about their injuries. I had a few broken bones but never told anyone during the time because I couldn’t lose playing time. Had a friend who also had a herniated disc but never told coaches and just got the spinal shot at the doctor and continued. Very unhealthy,dark sport. That’s the best word I can describe for it: dark.
All this over high school football.
teddy thickness it got worse when I played college football
I also played highschool football and I’d be a liar if I said there wasn’t A lot of serious injuries, yea there was injuries one of my friends still has a messed up knee to this day but at the same time if you ask anyone who was on the team from my class we’ll all tell you it was one of the greatest times of our life 💯
"The dark dungeons of your mind to survive" lol. It's fucking football. A children's game.
@@SuperMontsta There have been highschoolers who've killed themselves because of brain trauma they've experienced from playing football. I actually don't even understand your logic. Both kids and adults play football. It's just a game played by whoever. Pro athletes are lined up on pain killers told to play with broken bones and playing through head trauma and killing themselves down the line because of a condition they didn't even know existed. You want your child doing that? Children aren't magically safe from head trauma either.
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Arian foster seems like such a smart down to earth dude. Much respect ✊
Much love and respect for Bobby Feeno from Texas ❤
Man.. I only played through high school as a lineman at the highest level for the state of Oregon.... and I even completely agree, I played to make people happy. I took so many concussions playing, and some new ones considering I climb trees now... my back hurts, I sometimes feel a twinge behind my eye and I can't help but think about all those concussions now.. im 28. I shouldn't already be this broken.
There are alternative healing methods with qi-gong masters that can help with that.
I never played football and my knees and back are shot. That's just life man.
arian is my favorite running back great person thank you from a Texans fan
The CTE stuff is crazy for me because I played in a small town with 13 players for an 11 man team. I never got a play off and it wasn't until recently I started having mental health issues that I was asked if I remember any of my games and I literally remember like two games of my entire highschool career.
Great segment, Arian Foster was a great running back and he can still be a scientist if he wants. He seems like a thoughtful guy
If anyone is interested in an absolutely incredible read, try Power at Play by Michael Messner It's a bit old...written in the 90's but the things he talks about are totally relevant today.
The thing that shocked me the most about football "injuries" was that lineman get the most concussions out of any player. I would've thought it was runningbacks or wide-receivers after a big hit, but I guess it's lineman since they clash head-to-head every play even though it doesn't look as devastating as a big hit.
Really impressed by his insight and thoughts. His sons are lucky to have him as a dad.
Well I'm glad he did! My fav player during his time. Got to meet him his last year with the texans. 23!
It is probably an easy call now because he looks back and knows what he would have been happy doing, but it would be really tough as a freshman to debate with yourself whether you want to get you PhD and become a professor (which is what he mentioned) or continue down the path of athletics and make more in 3 years than a professor will in a 40 year career. I definitely empathize with Arian. I missed two crucial years that I could have been studying what I now am but when you're 18 years old, that's such a hard call to make.
Strongside that’s why the expression is ‘If I had it to do over’
Arian should write a book his insight is really interesting.
Wow Incredible story Much respect for him
I respect him for saying he would do it differently if he could.
Mind over matter... 30 seconds later.... pain killers man 🤦🏻♂️🤣
without a script over the counter shit isn't gunna do all that much for a snapped collarbone
Football players don’t need scripts for good meds 🤣
@@shawndesjardins4141 it ain't that bad..just can't lift your arm above your head without a sting.
@@clipsedrag13 lmao getting hit by 250 to 350 pound men with a broken collarbone isn't that bad?
Huncho D Pete right he be smoking or something! Would appreciate a sub. God bless you
This is insane, I do Muay Thai and MMA. I’ve had two minor concussions. Recovering from the second one now. The symptoms after are not nice. It’s almost like you feel trapped. And my concussions didn’t happen in a match. But in training. After this I’ve learned to do martial arts smartly. I’m only 15, don’t want CTE when I’m 25..
Hope you found a better Muay Thai gym since this comment. Authentic Muay Thai gyms don't spar hard
Growing up in the 80s. Half my childhood I had a concussion according to today's standards lmao
how long did it take to recover from the concussion?
Authentic? Like in Thailand?
verrt informative interview good job yall
I used to watch Arian as I was- still am- a Houston Oiler/ Texan fan. He was special.
I remember fracturing my collarbone and I thought it was a pulled muscle of some sort so I tried sleeping it off but I couldn’t get out of bed the next morning. Major respect to this guy
Broke my collarbone at 14 from a motorcycle accident. Took years before it healed. Had a bump at the break spot for years.
This was a great conversation
one of the more enlightening intervviews Ive eens. Love thi guesst
If they told me he was Kyrie Irving’s brother i’d believe them
he sounds much smarter than kyrie though
Always liked this dude
Really great discussion. I watch NFL all the time but never thought of the athletes perspective on it all.
Warrior mentality… Arian was one of my fav RBs. I got into football to play like him. Injuries sadly derailed my life. Even though I didn’t even make it D1. I’m still suffering from injuries from 3 contact sports. Baseball , football , & basketball. We need the perseverance to succeed.
With all due respect, maybe those injuries were a sign. If you kept going, it could have deteriorated you even more.
This guy is cool man