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
bitter chance happy
I'm happy for them, ... They got a chance to get one, that's the goal. I'm not bitter or anything like that.
bring brought gave joey lead moment porter
Joey Porter told me, 'It's only right that you lead us out there. It's your home. You need to bring us in. I was in awe. They wanted me to bring them in and I brought them in. It was incredible. It gave me a moment I'll never forget.
adrenaline behind gives optimism shot stuff
It gives us a lot of optimism because we know that he's here. All of that other stuff is behind us, and it's a shot of adrenaline for him to be here.
believed bring home time
Here we go, Pittsburgh! We set out a long time ago to bring this back home to Pittsburgh. You all believed in us, believed we could get it done. This is ours, but this is also yours. Every one of you.
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.
abnormal game good loved remembered running
Because of my size, I probably shouldn't be able to do some of the things I'm able to do. I just want to be remembered as a running back who was abnormal but had good feet, loved to play the game and did it right.
teammates
My teammates put me on their back and wouldn't let me down.
sign
Not 40. That's too many. That's usually a sign of being behind.
tells
It's been done before, so that tells you something -- it can happen. Hopefully, there'll be another one this year.
gotta
That's something you gotta live with. It is what it is.
feet football last manage needs plays throwing understanding year
From last year to this year, he's a different quarterback. He has an understanding of what he needs to do to manage the football team. The plays he makes with his feet and throwing the ball is amazing.
coach conversation game happened late loved situations talked
I do know that I would have loved to have been in there late in the game, ... Coach and I talked about all the situations that happened in the game and everything that was going on. But it's a conversation I'm going to keep and not talk about.
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.
everybody listening talk
The frustrating part for me was listening to everybody talk about, well should I play,