I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that. Jerry Rice More Quotes by Jerry Rice More Quotes From Jerry Rice Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. Jerry Rice success motivational sports The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best. Jerry Rice nfl inspirational enemy I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude. Jerry Rice giving-up determination attitude I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way. Jerry Rice successful desire way I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work. Jerry Rice hard-work football thinking Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students. Jerry Rice want sky doors To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game. Jerry Rice nfl games football You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport. Jerry Rice team football sports I was always in search of a perfect game and I never got it. Jerry Rice nfl games perfect Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful. Jerry Rice being-successful nfl successful I used to help out my father, a bricklayer, in the summer. I'd catch the bricks (that were dropped). And it made me strong, catching those bricks. I wouldn't change anything about it. That's why I'm where I am today. Really. Jerry Rice strong summer father After I got disciplined I got introduced to football and then after that everything just took off for me. I had a lot of role models: the teachers, the coaches. Watching them give so much to so many students so they can be successful in life basically just ingrained in me that I think it's more gratifying for me to give back and than just to receive. Jerry Rice successful teacher football Coming from the South, I just felt you had to work just a little bit harder. It was not going to be handed to you. I’d get the letters from all the major schools but no one came out to talk to me face to face until this small, dominant black school, Mississippi State Valley University sent a coach out to me. I had a chance to talk to him and he said, ‘Hey Jerry, we’re going to be doing some great things at Mississippi Valley State University and we would love to have you there.’ Jerry Rice black littles school The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well. Jerry Rice actors trying football I want to do a good job. I'm just learning and I just want to have fun with it. Jerry Rice want fun jobs I think with my hands, it was catching a lot of footballs and working with my father during the summer because he would always make me. My father was a bricklayer so I was a helper. My job was to make sure that he had bricks to lay. Jerry Rice summer jobs football They never clocked me on my way to the end zone. They never caught me because I ran scared. Jerry Rice scared nfl way The game of life requires the edge that chiropractic care provides. Jerry Rice chiropractic-care edges games The chemistry between a quarterback and a receiver is almost like a dance. Jerry Rice receiver quarterback chemistry Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work. Jerry Rice hard-work practice said
