Dr. Cyril Wecht Quotes in Concussion (2015)

Dr. Cyril Wecht: The NFL owns a day of the week. The same day the Church used to own. Now it's theirs.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: What if they show up here with a warrant?

Dr. Bennet Omalu: On suspicion of what? Science?

Dr. Bennet Omalu: I solved the problem. All they have to do is put on the side of the helmet, "The Surgeon General has determined that playing football is hazardous to your health."

Dr. Cyril Wecht: You got to put it on *both* sides of the helmet.

[they laugh]

Dr. Cyril Wecht: [rhetorically] Did you think the NFL would thank you?

Dr. Bennet Omalu: [earnestly] Yes.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: What the hell for?

Dr. Bennet Omalu: For knowing.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: Do you know why you're not back in Nigeria?

Dr. Bennet Omalu: Yes, because I remind you of you.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: Only less handsome. Sit down.

Dr. Julian Bailes: I just kept sending them back out there.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: What the hell were you thinking?

Dr. Julian Bailes: You've got to be a part of it. You've got to be on the sidelines with them to understand. Whatever it takes to keep them in the game, to keep the whole thing going. Tape, needles, Vicodin, Toradol, Lidocaine, Percocet, Lexapro, Zoloft... have I left anything out? It's tires and oil. Just mechanics trying to keep the cars on the racetrack.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: Yeah, well, it's not medicine. I don't know what it is.

Dr. Julian Bailes: It's business.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: Sometimes in life, one... You are asked to leave something for peace. But sometimes you cannot.

Dr. Bennet Omalu: Do you think he believes it's time to leave it alone?

Dr. Cyril Wecht: No, I do not believe it. I never do, why people hate me.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: How much has it cost you so far?

Dr. Bennet Omalu: $20,000.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: 20?

Dr. Bennet Omalu: I save. Everything.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: Really? How un-American.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: I think you'll be an American hero.

Dr. Bennet Omalu: I'm not even American.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: Better. That's *very* American!

Dr. Bennet Omalu: Cyril, I can not go back to Nigeria. Everything that I am is here. My child has got to be born in America.

Dr. Cyril Wecht: Don't worry, I'll get you a job. Hey, you can work with me in the prison laundry.