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
Hell, I dropped it. I was too worried about my feet staying in bounds. I took my eyes off the ball. The great ones don't miss balls in the Super Bowl. I still left some plays out on the field.
He needs to be mentioned among the great quarterbacks in the NFL today. In my opinion, he's a star.
We can look back at that game all we want, but I think there was a lesson to be learned in it. You can put up all the numbers, but if you don't hang onto the ball and you shoot yourself in the foot, you're not going to win. It's something for us to keep in mind when we play them this time.
When his hair comes down, he changes. He's a very emotional player on the field. He's kind of a guy with a split personality.
People may put them down, but they're the champions. Until someone dethrones them, they're still the team to beat in the NFL.
Stepping up and making that play, that was kind of Lynn Swann-like, I guess. You watch all the highlight tapes and ESPN Classic and you see him making spectacular catches. That's what I tried to do yesterday - just make every catch I could get my hands on.
It helps a lot that we get a chance to go out there and redeem ourselves. We get another chance to face the No. 1 team in the AFC. That's about all you can ask for.
I just kept coming back to the ball.
Can we win three road games? We can't look that far down the line. We just have to take it one game at a time.
It's night and day. Last year, it was overwhelming for him sometimes. I really think he got caught up a little bit with the notoriety and magnitude of the game. This year, he understands the offense and is starting to trust his guys. He's not really putting it on his shoulders.
At times, he looked kind of rattled, just frustrated with himself because he wanted to play better than he did.
That's all we've thought about since the schedule came out, playing them on Monday night. That's why I'm here at camp now, that Monday night game. Losing that game hurt. But now we just want to get back there. Starting off with us and them on Monday night? That's classic. That's art.
The fans are the reason why I play the way I play. They really appreciate the way I play the game. I missed it. I missed two weeks.
I remember he got in the huddle and a couple offensive linemen couldn't hear the play because he was talking real softly. He was looking down, calling plays off his wristband, and a lot of people couldn't read his lips. So it was a long day.