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
carry hearts pittsburgh wherever
We carry Pittsburgh in our hearts wherever we go. ... And you better believe, when we come back, we will have one for the thumb.
ask head identity looks physical pittsburgh settle takes team tough type
You ask why have the Pittsburgh Steelers been a physical, smash-mouth type of a team for so long. I think it's because the team takes the identity of its head coach. He looks for tough players. He looks for physical players. And he doesn't settle for anything less.
pittsburgh recently town type wins
It's the same type of town that Pittsburgh is, Midwest, blue-collar. And we've had some wins recently in domes.
pittsburgh
Detroit, you are incredible. Pittsburgh here we come.
beat pittsburgh running stop teams
Right now, teams are saying, 'If we can stop the running game, we can beat the Pittsburgh Steelers,'
football meant pittsburgh special
Pittsburgh is special to me. Hopefully, I meant a lot to them because of what I've done on the football field.
block everybody gets job party sure
What Stevens said is true; their job is to make sure it's not a big block party after the game. Our job is to make sure everybody gets a ticket.
earlier helps played understand
We understand it is going to be deafening and we aren't going to be able to hear. But it helps having played there earlier this season.
gives reflect seen
I've never seen anything like that (reaction) before. It gives you something to reflect on and to think about.
call pass seen shy
I've never seen shy about eating. They don't call me 'The Bus' because I pass the plate.
defining moment
It would be a defining moment for him as well.
bowl driving few losing opportunity quite side situation super
I've been on the losing side of quite a few of these. That's what's driving me more than anything, not that the Super Bowl is in Detroit. It's an opportunity for us to do something we haven't done. We've been in this situation before and we lost.
hollywood saying script took turn
The script right now, if you took it to Hollywood they'd turn it down, saying it couldn't happen.
consummate learn people
Duce is a consummate professional. People can learn a lot from him.