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
amazing champions happiest truly
It's amazing, truly an amazing feeling. I'm the happiest person on this field. I'm the happiest person in the world. We're champions of the world, and they can't take that away from us. It's an unbelievable moment.
capable fun impressed knew last pound running week year
I was impressed a little last year and I was really impressed in Week 1 of how well he was running inside. From that aspect, yeah, I knew he was capable of it, but to see him really, really pound it in there was fun to see.
everybody locker role special
Everybody is unselfish. Everyone understands they have a role. If their role is expanded, that's great. If it's reduced, that's understood. I think that what is so special about this locker room. There are no 'Me and I' guys. It's all about the team.
bus came last mission win
I'm a champion. This is the last Bus stop. I came back to win a championship. Mission accomplished.
enjoy last
I look at it like it'll last forever. But I know it has to come to an end. If this is it, then I want to enjoy it.
carry goal looks needed ready though
I'm ready to go to work. That's what I do. I didn't come back to be able to carry it 50 times. My goal was to come back, and if I was going to come back, to be able to go if they needed me, and right now it looks as though they need me.
couple good last
The one thing is that, on the road, we've been really, really good the last couple of years. It's something we can take as a positive.
bill credit deserves
Bill deserves a lot of credit for this.
depends figured football television work
I really don't have it figured out yet. I want to do some television work but it depends on what opportunities are there, football related. Right now everything is an option.
enjoying might people
I'm enjoying this. Most people might not like this, but I do.
days definitely felt good pain serious
I thought it could've been pretty serious because I felt some pain in there, ... But as these days have gone, it's felt progressively better. That's definitely a good sign.
christmas nice
It'd be nice but it's not necessary. I started in so many, that's not critical. It wasn't on my Christmas list.
backs feels sure team
It feels incredible. My team put me on their backs and made sure they wouldn't let me down.
beat pittsburgh running stop teams
Right now, teams are saying, 'If we can stop the running game, we can beat the Pittsburgh Steelers,'