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
behind critical situation
I wanted to get that one behind me. To be able to come through in a critical situation was incredible.
given memories taken thank
Thank you for all the memories that you've given me and the way that you've taken me in.
eyes running saw
Running backs, we have eyes in the back of our head. I saw it coming.
career incredible
You play your whole career for this opportunity. It's an ending. It's been an incredible ride. It's better than I ever thought it would be.
caliber care commitment conducive environment good keeps message morale perform player positive shows team whenever
This is good for the team, ... It keeps team morale up. Whenever you get a player of his caliber signed, it shows the commitment the organization has to its players. I think it reinforces a positive message that if you go out there and perform on the field, we'll take care of you. I think that makes a very, very conducive environment for us to go out there and work.
family focus game people possible
People say I'm not going to be able to focus because of the distractions but there really aren't any distractions. The possible distraction would be family, but my family comes to every game anyway.
dream living people
People on the freeway honking, people at the hotel, it's been great. I'm living a dream right now.
definitely
If they play well, we win. If they don't play well, we're not going to have much success. They are definitely our backbone.
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.
closer game lying opportunity step takes
I'd be lying to you if I said it was complete. Having an opportunity to play in this game takes me one step closer to it being complete.