I want to do a good job. I'm just learning and I just want to have fun with it.

I think it was fantastic being in the 49ers Hall of Fame.

People would look at me weird. You know, like, 'Why is this guy's hands always in his pockets?' But I was embarrassed by the size of my hands.

Coming from the South, I just felt you had to work just a little bit harder. It was not going to be handed to you. I’d 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, ‘Hey Jerry, we’re going to be doing some great things at Mississippi Valley State University and we would love to have you there.’

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.

The game of life requires the edge that chiropractic care provides.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.