The speaker suggests football players are exceptionally tough because they have chosen to play a sport defined by the risk of concussions.

“I've learned that I should not try to relate to football players. Um, they have opted into a sport premised on consensual concussions.”

Football players experience pain consistently regardless of the ambient temperature.

“And in football, the pain is ever present and everywhere. So there's no difference between playing it in -20° and playing it in normal weather.”

Cold weather physically increases the level of pain athletes feel by tightening muscles and stiffening joints.

“Everything hurts more in the cold. And I've Googled this. It's actually backed by science. Your muscles are tighter. Your joints are stiffer. Everything hurts more in the cold.”