With Miami Dolphins quarterback Trent Green suffering his second concussion in as many years Sunday, it’s time athletes re-evaluate how they want to live the rest of their lives. These athletes play until their mid-30s, if they’re lucky, and tend to forget they’re only halfway done living.

If players, such as the 37-year-old Green, continue to disregard doctors’ recommendations and think only of the short term — of a ring, of another paycheck, or a little more “fun” — the long term is jeopardized. No matter how major or minor Green’s concussion is, he should retire. If being carted off the field on a stretcher, lying motionless while your teammates and enemies across the field collectively pray for your well-being doesn’t mean anything, then all hope is lost.

But if Green could jump inside the minds of his family members, his friends and his teammates, he would quit while he was ahead. For the most part, he is healthy. He already has a Super Bowl ring. Why risk the rest of your life in a game?

Former NFL running backs Tiki Barber and Barry Sanders were able to do it, and they didn’t win a Super Bowl.

Use your head.

Compiled by the sports desk