I think with my hands, it was catching a lot of footballs and working with my father during the summer because he would always make me. My father was a bricklayer so I was a helper. My job was to make sure that he had bricks to lay.
Jerry RiceYou know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.
Jerry RiceThe Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.
Jerry RiceComing from the South, I just felt you had to work just a little bit harder. It was not going to be handed to you. Iโd get the letters from all the major schools but no one came out to talk to me face to face until this small, dominant black school, Mississippi State Valley University sent a coach out to me. I had a chance to talk to him and he said, โHey Jerry, weโre going to be doing some great things at Mississippi Valley State University and we would love to have you there.โ
Jerry Rice