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 have guys who have been in the playoffs before. We kind of know what's at stake. And having not been there, you don't realize how magnified every play is.
We learned a lot this year from the wins and losses. Hopefully in the playoffs it will get us where we want to go. That was our goal all year, to get another opportunity to try to make that run.
With all the road that we traveled to get here, it means nothing if we go out here and lay an egg in this game. If we don't go out and take care of business, then all that had work that we have done, nobody's ever going to remember it.
We've opened it up. We just want to add more balance to our offense, discourage this idea that you can stop the Steelers by putting eight men in the box.
We want to win (Sunday) for ourselves and our fans. Most of all, we want to win for Coach.
It's tough to go undefeated, but they have the potential.
For a second-year guy, he's been outstanding. We wouldn't be in the Super Bowl without him.
It's the hardest thing I've ever been through. It's amazing how my season started off with my contract situation, and now I end up with the opportunity to play in the Super Bowl. I would have never imagined that it would turn out the way it did.
It's really important for me. The vets aren't going to play much next week, so this is really my test before the season starts.
It's better, ... I could have practiced today. We'll see how it goes. I want to be there in the end, so I don't want to risk anything.
It was a big touchdown for us. It really sealed the thing for us.
I've got to get on the same page with him, ... Instead of doing gassers, I might as well do route-running for conditioning and catch the ball at the same time. It was tiring, but we accomplished something.
No team ever won all three games on the road and won the Super Bowl. Why not try to make history?
It was a great run. But it's all about where we are at the end of the season, not how many games we've won in a row. Today, they were the better team. It's disappointing, but we just didn't play well today.