Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) E whā tau ki muri i kata ahau i roto i te ruma i taku ki atu ki tētahi rōpū hoa: "Kei te tata tonu ka whakatau ngā tāngata ko ō rātou oranga he mea hira ake i te tākaro i te NFL. A ka mutu ta rātau tākaro". I whakapae aku hoa i ahau he ngohengohe ahau, he tangata rangatira, he tino tangata whai whakaaro. I tēnei rā, e mōhio ana ahau kāore rātou e kōrero i aua mea mō te kaitākaro o te kapa 49 o Chris Borland, te kaitākaro NFL whakamutunga kua mutu. E 24 ōna tau, ā, ko ia te kaitākaro tuatahi i reti tika nā te mea i hiahia ia ki te karo i ngā whara roro ā-roto e pā ana ki te tākaro whutupaoro. Kotahi noa te wā i tākaro ai a Borland ki te NFL. "Kei te tino hiahia ahau ki te mahi i te mea pai mo taku hauora", i kii ia ki a ESPN "I waho o nga Raina". "I runga i aku rangahau me aku wheako, kāore au i te whakaaro e tika ana te tūpono". I tapiritia e ia: "I whakaaro noa ahau, 'He aha taku e mahi nei? Koia nei te āhua o taku noho hei pakeke, e patu ana i toku mahunga, ina koa ko te mea kua akona e ahau, kua mohio hoki ki nga morearea?' "Kua whakatau tana hoa kapa, te kaitakaro o Pro Bowl, a Patrick Willis, ki te haere atu i te wiki kua hipa, a kaore e taea e koe te whakaaro engari ko tana whakatau pea i awe i a Borland. E mea ana a Willis kāore ia i te tino mōhio ki tana mahi e whai ake nei, engari e mōhio ana ia kāore ia e tākaro i tētahi atu kēmu i te National Football League. Ahakoa kei te tohe nga kaiwhaiwhai huri noa i te ao ki te 30-tau-tau, e whitu nga wa Pro Bowler ki te "kore reti", ka mea a Willis ko ana whara waewae me te waewae, me te hiahia mo te oranga hari te take i haere atu ai ia. "Kāore he mihi ki a au", te kī a Willis i roto i tana hui pānuitanga i te wiki whakamutunga. "Kua hoatu e ahau ki tenei kēmu nga mea katoa i a au, a he tino manaakitanga ahau.... He pono, e aro atu ana ahau ki ngā tāne ina mutu ta rātau tākaro, e haereere ana me te mea kāore o rātau huha, ā, kāore e taea te tākaro ki a rātau tamariki. Ka āhei rātau ki te haere. "Ka kite te iwi i taua mea, ka pouri ratou", te kī a Willis. "Otira kāore rātau i te mōhio, nā te mea i tākaro ia i ētahi atu tau". He tangata whakaaro nui a Willis, e whai tohu ana i te mātauranga hara i Ole Miss. Ahakoa he maha nga kaiwhaiwhai hākinakina kei te ohorere kei te tino waimarie tetahi tangata ki te takaro i te NFL...
Roxanne Jones: He tokomaha ngā kaitākaro NFL e tīmata ana i a rātau mahi, tae atu ki a Chris Borland, e haere atu ana. Ko ētahi e kī ana kei te haere rātou mō ngā whai wāhitanga hou, e ai ki a Jones. Engari ko te rongo pea mo nga whara nui o te whutupaoro kei te haere, e ai ki a ia.