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
capable fun impressed knew last pound running week year
I was impressed a little last year and I was really impressed in Week 1 of how well he was running inside. From that aspect, yeah, I knew he was capable of it, but to see him really, really pound it in there was fun to see.
care supposed
I was fortunate. I'm supposed to take care of the football. That's my job. I fumbled the football; that's a no-no, that's something you can't do.
asthma kids
So many kids have asthma and think they can't do it.
expected fine nobody picking
Nobody expected us to win, nobody was picking us to win. That's fine ... as long as we believed.
appreciate asked game giving hug second shake thank walk
One, I asked them to give me 110 percent. I told them if you walk away from this game giving that, I'm going to say thank you, shake your hand, give you a big hug and tell you how much I appreciate it. The second thing I told them was to get me home.
course crosses ground people saw
Of course it crosses your mind. I was on the ground and I just saw people running. I fumbled the football, and that's a no-no, something I can't do. I was mad.
crossed last
Of course, it crossed my mind. But that thought was short-lived. Fortunately, it's not (my last play).
defense head leave
My defense bailed me out. I can leave here with my head up high.
believe biggest laying maybe monday night ready rivalry
Maybe they're just laying low. But you'd better believe when Monday night comes they're going to be ready. This is the biggest rivalry in our division, and they'll be ready and we'll be ready.
again maybe pick
Maybe I can pick it back up again -- if and when I retire.
chance good last realist understand
I?m a realist in a sense that I do understand there is a good chance it is my last game.
I feel great, I feel fresh. And officially, I am back.
bad bowl enjoy happen hate knew super
I feel so bad for him. He knew this was coming, but you hate to see it happen during Super Bowl week. He's not even going to get to enjoy it.
coming control knew
We knew coming in that if we wanted to control this division, this was the game.