To me, it was never about what I accomplished on the football field. It was about the way I played the game. I played the game with a lot of determination, a lot of poise, a lot of pride and I think what you saw out there...was an individual who really just loved the game.

Jerry Rice

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Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish w... by Jerry Rice

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

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The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.

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I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

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I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.

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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.

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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.

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To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

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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.

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I was always in search of a perfect game and I never got it. by Jerry Rice

I was always in search of a perfect game and I never got it.

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Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful. by Jerry Rice

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

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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.

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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.

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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.’

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The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well.

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I want to do a good job. I'm just learning and I just want to hav... by Jerry Rice

I want to do a good job. I'm just learning and I just want to have fun with it.

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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.

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They never clocked me on my way to the end zone. They never caugh... by Jerry Rice

They never clocked me on my way to the end zone. They never caught me because I ran scared.

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The game of life requires the edge that chiropractic care provide... by Jerry Rice

The game of life requires the edge that chiropractic care provides.

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The chemistry between a quarterback and a receiver is almost like... by Jerry Rice

The chemistry between a quarterback and a receiver is almost like a dance.

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Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work. by Jerry Rice

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

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