A biography for Myron Rollehasn’t been written yet.
“I'd love to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. I'm a South Jersey kid, and I was very excited when the Phillies won the World Series, and I'd like to stay home.”
“I'd hate to see the game I love go away because it is considered too dangerous and parents are scared to allow their kids to play.”
“A lot of the same joy and adrenaline rush that I felt after making a good play or winning in football I feel now after a successful surgery.”
“Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.”
“I wanted to be completely and totally entrenched, immersed in this football life, this culture all the way, so you don't even have a thought, an inkling, that my mind is somewhere else.”
“Whether it's one play in the NFL or 1,000 plays in the NFL, your pads will come off eventually.”
“The first game I played against the University of Miami, I was very nervous - eyes wide open.”
“As soon as I learned that I was a finalist, it was no question in my mind that I was going to put myself into the competition for the Rhodes scholarship.”
“Yes, I understand that football and sports in America have been a way for us to get away from some of our most daunting moments. It's a way for us to bring the country together.”
“I've wanted to do medicine actually before I started playing football.”
“When I was younger, trying to afford football camps, my parents would sometimes have to miss bills. They sacrificed these things for me because they saw I had a goal.”
“Football has never left me. I still wake up in the morning and think of the operating room like a game, like it's showtime, let's perform.”
“You know I went to the Hunt Schools, a boarding school in Princeton, and I've heard so many Rhodes scholars have gone to the Ivys.”
“It could be seasonal allergies, it could be pneumonia, it could be the common cold, it could be flu. And so it takes tests and lab work and resources and scans to parse out if this is COVID-19 or if this is something else.”
“When there's something we weren't prepared for on the football field, you have to be able to use your mind, be creative, communicate, get lined up and get ready to do the play, get ready to execute.”
“You would think none of my brothers have jobs with how much time they spend on the phone with our mom.”
“We are trained to be medical doctors first and if you have to put neurosurgery aside to deal with the most vulnerable and susceptible patients, then that's what we'll do.”
“As an NFL rookie, I had to buy meals for older guys. I appreciate hierarchy. I understand teamwork.”
“I'm glad that I walked into my purpose. I'm glad that I walked into something that was a smooth transition from football.”
“Neurosurgery is a new challenge with each case. The preparation, the discipline, the technical skills and the need to perform at your very best under pressure provide the same adrenaline rush I had in football.”