Jerome Bettis Quotes

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Jerome Bettis

Profession : Football Player

Birth : February 16, 1972

Controlling that center-nose guard matchup is paramount against a 3-4 defense.

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Let's get one thing clear: LaDainian Tomlinson is not threatened by Darren Sproles. Sproles is a change-of-pace back, at best.

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Man, I hated fantasy football back when I was playing.

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Every day, people want to talk to me about fantasy football.

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A confident Tom Brady is something to be scared of.

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As a running back you're going out there and getting hit. You're taking the shots.

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In Pittsburgh it took some time for us to buy into Ben Roethlisberger.

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If I'm a GM and I'm trying to revive a franchise, a defensive coach is the way I'd go.

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Winning starts with the ownership, whose decision-making is crucial.

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As a football player, you always need the threat of being benched. If you don't, you never have to push yourself.

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Warren Sapp, for example, is a direct result of John Randle having played the game. Some coach said, let's try this athletic and fast - but undersized - guy in-between the tackles. Then 10 years later someone says, 'Warren Sapp will be our John Randle.' That says something about the guy.

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I'm probably the luckiest football player who ever played.

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I worry because my running style is not one that's going to enable me to play in the league for 14 or 15 years.

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When I got to the Rams, Cleveland Gary never talked to me. I could have used some help.

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I do believe in karma, but only to a point. When I see what Peyton Manning has to go through - the guy's been a great person, a humanitarian, and it hasn't come back to him on the field - then that line of thinking falls apart.

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We gotta look at a running back in a little different light. People look at in terms of age. You gotta look at running backs in terms of carries. I think when a running back gets to around 3,000 carries, that's when you've got to be worried about their longevity in terms of being able to produce.

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I think Coach Tomlin can definitely bring a championship to Pittsburgh!

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When you visualize a bus, it's not like what you'd envision this super aggressive NFL player to be, you think school bus, you think kids, school bus.

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Football is a business just like anything else.

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When I was playing, I would have been against an 18-game schedule. It would have been really demanding on everybody's body, but even worse considering my typical workload.

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