Jerry Rice

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

To me, it was never about what I accomplished on the football field. It was about the way I played the game. I played the game with a lot of determination, a lot of poise, a lot of pride and I think what you saw out there...was an individual who really just loved the game.

The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.

You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.