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
appreciate asked game giving hug second shake thank walk
One, I asked them to give me 110 percent. I told them if you walk away from this game giving that, I'm going to say thank you, shake your hand, give you a big hug and tell you how much I appreciate it. The second thing I told them was to get me home.
course crosses ground people saw
Of course it crosses your mind. I was on the ground and I just saw people running. I fumbled the football, and that's a no-no, something I can't do. I was mad.
crossed last
Of course, it crossed my mind. But that thought was short-lived. Fortunately, it's not (my last play).
defense head leave
My defense bailed me out. I can leave here with my head up high.
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.
eyes running saw
Running backs, we have eyes in the back of our head. I saw it coming.
family focus game people possible
People say I'm not going to be able to focus because of the distractions but there really aren't any distractions. The possible distraction would be family, but my family comes to every game anyway.
dream living people
People on the freeway honking, people at the hotel, it's been great. I'm living a dream right now.
beat count opponent people respect time worthy
People count them out every time they play a worthy opponent and they find a way to beat them, and you have to respect that.
Composed, in control, our leader. He's our guy.
consummate learn people
Duce is a consummate professional. People can learn a lot from him.
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.
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.