Jerome Bettis
Jerome Bettis
Jerome Abram Bettis Sr., nicknamed The Bus is a former American football halfback who played for the Los Angeles Rams/St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Bettis is sixth on the list of NFL rushing yards leaders. He retired in 2006 after the Steelers won Super Bowl XL in his native Detroit, Michigan, beating the Seattle Seahawks, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth16 February 1972
CityDetroit, MI
opportunity
He said, 'It's not over yet. We've got another opportunity and it's up to us to make it right.
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We knew it was going to be a four-quarter game. Experience comes into play when you are down like that and you take their best punch. (It) was a factor in the second half.
living super
To be in the Super Bowl, I am living the dream. Then to be at home, it's an unbelievable dream. It's one of those things you don't want to end.
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We've played (in Detroit) a couple of times, so that's a benefit for me. Nothing the likes of this type of game, of course. But I don't think there's going to be any more pressure on me.
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We've been on the doorstep a couple times. Once we got to the play-offs, we knew it was a realistic possibility.
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We were winning and we played a terrible half from an offensive standpoint. We knew it was just a matter of time for us to get clicking.
thinking
We're not thinking about Detroit. We're thinking about Denver.
carry great head last time
Fortunately, it's not the last time I carry the ball. It was a great play by the linebacker. He put his head on the football. That's the one thing you can't let happen.
deviate game win year
He understands what you have to have to win and he doesn't deviate from his game plan. That's why we're consistent, year in and year out.
benefits changing guys start
Those guys are Ferraris; I'm an F-150. They go in every 3,000 miles, but I go 100,000 before you start changing the oil. The durability and dependability, that's where my benefits come in.
Turnovers are one thing you don't want to see.
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We don't have to be as good as we were last year, ... It doesn't matter if we're 15-1 again - if we're 10-6 but we win the Super Bowl, that's a better season.
bearing career full last opportunity outcome people saw start
The outcome will have a bearing on my decision. If it is my last game, all the people that saw me start my career get an opportunity to see me end it. My career will have come full circle.
home last reality
The reality is it could be my last. So, the way I look at it, I'm approaching it as if is the last home game.