Bummer: Ex-Bears QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia

This is a damned shame.

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he appreciates what football has done for him, if he could do it over, he would play baseball.

In an interview with Fox affiliate WFLD-TV, aired Wednesday, the 53-year-old McMahon says he knows where he’s going when in an airport. But when he meets people, “I’m asking two minutes later, ‘Who was that?’

“When my friends call and leave me a message … I’ll read it and delete it before I respond and then I forget who called and left me a message,” he added. More via Yahoo! News.