My idol was Terry Bradshaw, but my role model was my father because I saw how much he worked and how much he focused on his trade. I was brought up the right way. Jim Kelly More Quotes by Jim Kelly More Quotes From Jim Kelly My doctors are in New York. I'm not there every day. So I want to be sure that everything [that] is going on, is going on for the right reasons, just like everybody, if you go through a broken leg or something, you got to have checkups. If there is a little pain here [where] you think there shouldn't be anything, you got to get it checked. Even though I'm blessed to have [the doctor] at [Erie County Medical Center] I go to in Buffalo look and make sure that things are going pretty good, it helps. Jim Kelly latest-headlines I’m not sure what's going on, i have some things that I want to have looked at, and then we'll go from there. I don't know whether I'm going to be here for two days, four days or in and out. And then hopefully I pray when September has rolled around that I can finally bite into a piece of meat and not soup every day. Jim Kelly latest-headlines I have no room to complain, if tomorrow the good Lord decides that's my last day, then I'm not going to go down with a frown. I'm going down with a smile on my face, knowing that I've gotten everything out of life. Jim Kelly latest-headlines Never walk into a hospital crying. Have an attitude that you will make someone else's life better. Jim Kelly walk you attitude life Make a difference today for someone who's fighting for their tomorrow. Jim Kelly someone fighting tomorrow today Ultimately, one of the best decisions I ever made was when I became a Buffalo Bill. Jim Kelly decisions best buffalo made I've been through so much. I just live each day, and whatever happens, happens. I've lived a very good life. My life has definitely changed, but the attitude is still the same. Jim Kelly day good attitude life We grew up probably having as hard a life as anybody. A lot of times, we didn't have any food on the table. At Christmas, everybody else would always get something nice, but we'd get one T-shirt or one shirt... So I want to take care of Mom and Dad... and I'm having a damn good time doing it. Jim Kelly good christmas food life I threw up before every single football game I played, and I did so up through my NFL career. It was good pressure. It was pressure to be good. It was pressure to be the best. It was pressure to want to win. Jim Kelly best game good football I don't worry anymore because there's only one person that knows when your day is, and that's the good Lord above. Jim Kelly your day good worry When I retired from the NFL, my son was born on my birthday two weeks later, which is Valentine's Day. Imagine having a son born on your birthday. Jim Kelly day born birthday son What I love about elk hunting is its similarities to turkey hunting. When you call to a bull elk, and it comes in ripping things apart and sounding like a herd of buffalo coming at you, it's exciting! Jim Kelly things you hunting love When I decided to become a Christian and decided to change my life and just totally quit screwing up, it was like, 'Wow, why didn't I do this before?' No hiding anything. I just felt so much better, not only about myself, but my future, my family. It was awesome, and it didn't take me long to realize that. Jim Kelly myself family change life Number one is my faith, number two my family, number three is my friends, and number four, my fans. Jim Kelly friends family three faith Those four Super Bowl losses? Yeah, it sucks that we didn't win, but what are you going to do about it? You can feel sorry for yourself, but that's not how I was brought up. Jim Kelly yourself win you sorry I miss being in the locker room with all my buddies. That, to me, was so much fun. Jim Kelly miss being me fun I did not start hunting until later in life. When I was a kid growing up in Pennsylvania, my dad worked at a steel mill, and we didn't have the means to buy guns or take off and go hunting. But I loved being outdoors. I built tree stands and ground blinds in the woods and pretended that I was hunting. Jim Kelly loved dad tree life I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved to have control of the ball. When I played baseball, I was a pitcher. I always wanted to be the guy throwing the passes and making a difference, I guess. Jim Kelly loved control end football I played football ever since I was a little boy. Coming from a family of six boys, I guess we learned the game of football from a very young age. Jim Kelly game family age football Pain has been part of my life. I don't complain about much. When you grow up with six boys, you can't show your pain, and if you do, they'll give you another piece of pain. Jim Kelly my-life you pain life
