Quotes from Jerry Rice

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.

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

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

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

I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything

I want to do a good job. I'm just learning and I just want to have fun with it.

People would look at me weird. You know, like, 'Why is this guy's hands always in his pockets?' But I was embarrassed by the size of my hands.

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.

Montana and I had a chemistry that was unbelievable. When I first came into the league he told me I added five years to his career, and I just think we complimented each other very well and were able to do some amazing things out on the football field.

I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything.

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.

Today I will do what other's won't, so tomorrow I will do what others can't.

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

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

I will do today what others won't, so I can do tomorrow what others can't.

I will do today what others wont, so I can do tomorrow what others can't.

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.

Defensive backs are the best players on the field. But when you get an exceptional player like a Deion Sanders or a Darrell Green - these guys are fast and they have very good technique. You have to work a little harder.

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.

The game of life requires the edge that chiropractic care provides.

I have been blessed with a long and healthy career as a professional athlete and as I move forward into the next stage of my life, chiropractic care will continue to be an important part of my game.

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.