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Quotes on helmets, safety, and sporting risk.

Helmet quotes here span very different worlds - a cricket batsman explaining why they skipped a helmet to avoid looking intimidated, and a skier recalling being so broke their helmet was held on with a piece of string that eventually snapped.

Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.

Quotes by Adam Jones

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I didn't wear a helmet because I wanted to show that the bowler wasn't intimidating me, and also that's just the way I liked to bat.

Quotes by Viv Richards

Nov 07, 2020

I've put on a helmet more times than I've buckled a seatbelt.

Quotes by Geraint Thomas

Said
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Nov 07, 2020

Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.

Quotes by Ferdowsi

First
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Nov 07, 2020

When I started competing, I was so broke that I had to tie my helmet with a piece of string. On one jump, the string snapped, and my helmet carried on farther than I did. I may have been the first ski jumper ever beaten by his gear.

Quotes by Eddie the Eagle

Nov 07, 2020

I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions.

Quotes by Douglas Trumbull

There's also older, more poetic imagery, describing helmet joined to helmet in a vast, overwhelming host. Across eras, these quotes treat the helmet as both practical gear and a symbol of how first attempts at safety often come with real risk.

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