ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.—Wearing a red cap and a Buffalo Bills pullover, safety Damar Hamlin sat down at the podium and declared he’s ready to resume playing football.
“This event was life-changing, but it’s not the end of my story,” Hamlin said Tuesday, speaking at a news conference at the team’s facility for the first time since he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field during a game at Cincinnati some four months ago.
“I plan on making a comeback to the NFL,” Hamlin added.
“My heart is still in the game. I love the game. It’s something I want to prove to myself, not nobody else. I just want to show people that fear is a choice, that, you know, you can keep going in something without having the answers,” he said. “You might feel anxious, you might feel any type of way, but you just keep putting that right foot in front of the left one and you keep going.”…