Hines Ward
Hines Ward
Hines Edward Ward, Jr.is a retired American football wide receiver, businessman, and television personality. He is the current NBC studio analyst who played 14 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Georgia. The Pittsburgh Steelers selected him in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and he became the team's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yardage and touchdown receptions. Ward was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL, and...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth8 March 1976
CitySeoul, South Korea
We don't just want to be happy to be there. We're going there to win.
We beat the stuffing out of them, but turned the ball over too many times. (It was) frustrating because they didn't win the game. We lost the game. We did everything to lose the game and we did that. We shot ourselves in the foot.
Overall, we made plays when we had to, ... We didn't make enough, though.
They say in situations like this, a coach gets real tight. But we're out there joking and laughing. Maybe that's a different approach.
They're fast, from the front four to the secondary, and we've got to counter that. Their linebackers are really strong safeties, they rally around the ball real fast.
They're a family-owned business, and they don't like to mess with the traditions of the team. When you have a good nucleus and stability at the owner's position, it just trickles down to the rest of the organization.
There's excitement that builds up when you have an opportunity to bring another championship back to the city of Pittsburgh. Everybody joins in. I'm a big Crosby fan. I have his jersey. You just hop on. You want to be part of the excitement. We'll be right there with our jerseys on supporting those guys as well. That's just how the city of Pittsburgh is. We're all one big family.
As veteran guys, we understand this is a crucial month for us,
A thousand yards? If that's how you judge me as a football player, then you need to continue judging me. Me not hitting 1,000 yards doesn't mean I'm any less of a receiver. This year, it was all about me ... playing consistent.
That's why they're the champions. Tom Brady is one of the best in the business.
That's just a matter of Ben trusting me to find a hole for him and working my way hard through the coverage. He found me, and it was a big conversion for us.
You really don't realize you're playing with a Hall of Fame running back until it comes to an end. If this will be his last year, what better way than to finish where it all started?
You only get a number of opportunities to make big plays, and that was a big play.
This is where the championship truly belongs, in the city of Pittsburgh.