Zitate und Sprüche von Jerry Rice

Es ging mir nie darum, was ich auf dem Football Feld erreicht habe, sondern darum, wie ich das Spiel gespielt habe.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.

Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.

Ich mache keine Diät. Ich esse Fisch, ich esse frittiertes Hähnchen, Spaghetti, Bohnen. Wenn der Körper einem sagt, 'Das musst du essen', muss man dem Körper geben, was er will.

I don't diet. I'll eat fish; I'll eat baked chicken, pasta, beans. When the body is telling you, 'You need to indulge in something,' you need to give the body what it wants.

This is how I started playing: I was playing hooky one day, and the coach and the principal walked up behind me. They scared me, and I ran, and they noticed I could run really fast. They wanted me to come out for the football team.