[Location: Frisco, Texas][Date: Jan. 25, 2012][Source: AP][SOT: Tony Dorsett, retired NFL Hall of Fame running back]"Uhhh, Uhhh, I guess uhh - what do I wanna say? [VOICE-OVER]THIS IS TONY DORSETT LOSING HIS WORDS[SOT: Dorsett]"I can't even think about what I want to say."[VOICE-OVER]IT HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY THESE DAYS.[VO: Still photos of Dorsett playing for the Dallas Cowboys, also sitting on bench with injuries, AP Archive][VOICE-OVER]THIS, HE SAYS, IS HOW HE GOT HERE ... EVADING TACKLERS AND SCORING TOUCH DOWNS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.BUT NOT WITHOUT A PRICE. AND NOT WITHOUT SOME SERIOUS INJURIES ... INCLUDING TO HIS BRAIN.[VO: Shots of Dallas suburb where Dorsett lives, Dorsett in living room][NAT SOT: Dorsett shows images from a brain scan]"It's kind of hard for me to figure out how it works. But you can see my front lobes _ one of them is not getting as much oxygen as the other."[VOICE-OVER]NOW HE'S ONE OF MORE THAN 300 FORMER PLAYERS SUING THE N-F-L. THEY SAY THE LEAGUE OWES THEM.[SOT: Dorsett]"It's like they use you up. No matter what the circumstances are, it's all about winning games, regardless. And they don't care. They figure we've got a replacement factories, which are colleges. And so they just put you out there and feed you to the wolves -- and if you make it through, fine and if you don't, that's fine, you know."[VO: Scenes from the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas -- star on water tower, Legends Drive sign, etc.]DORSETT WAS A STAR IN DALLAS IN THE 1970s and '80s. AT THE NEW COWBOYS STADIUM ... ALONG LEGENDS DRIVE ... YOU'LL FIND HIS IMAGE -- THOUGH NO HINTS OF THE CONCUSSIONS, CRACKED WRIST ... OR A PARTICULARLY PAINFUL BROKEN BACK.[SOT: Dorsett]"We'd go in and I'm in so much pain that I'm just squealing. I'm squealing almost like a pig. It's like (imitates sound) every time I get hit. It was just the most excruciating pain you could ever imagine. So we'd be out on the practice field and there would be times that if I moved a certain way, it would catch and I would have to stop in my footsteps, dead in my tracks, and tears would just start streaming down my face uncontrollably because it was just the most excruciating pain I'd ever experienced and the only thing our coaches and trainers would do. They were just like this -- they would point. And they were pointing to the training room. It was like 'Go to the training room, get some treatment and come on back out here.' And that's what I did.[NAT SOT: Dorsett shows old photo with wrist injury]"This on here. You see that portable cast...."[SOT: Dorsett]"Right now, it concerns me quite a bit."(VO: Dorsett family photos in his home)[SOT: Dorsett]"I have an 8-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old daughter. Obviously I've got my son and my 20-year-old daughter. But I don't want it getting to the point where it turns into dementia or Alzheimer's. I don't want that."THE N-F-L DECLINED COMMENT, BUT IN PAST STATEMENTS, HAS INSISTED THAT SAFETY HAS LONG BEEN A PRIORITY IN THE LEAGUE _ AND THAT PLAYERS KNEW THE RISKS.IT ALSO HAS SAID THE LEAGUE "IS NOT LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MEDICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT SOME PLAYERS ARE NOW FACING."[SOT: Dorsett, clearly angry]"The players are making him, or them, richer. And it seems to me that, just as a 'thank you' to the players, they can at least take care of the health issues that the players are having during, obviously they do, and after they play football, which they don't. And that is the tragedy of this whole thing."[VO: Dorsett walking away, through his kitchen and out of sight][VOICE-OVER]IN OTHER WORDS, HE HOPES HE AND THE OTHER PLAYERS WILL WALK AWAY ... WITH SOMETHING.MARTHA IRVINE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, FRISCO, TEXAS(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: -------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: martha irvine / ned barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: martha irvine-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: donna starddard ----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: none----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): none --------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: martha irvine