249 Quotes by Jerome Bettis

"We knew what this was all about, and we couldn't afford to lose. You still got to go through us."

"Toward the end of the game today, I said we've been hunting these teams, trying to get respect. And now maybe it's a situation where we're going to be hunted. We've got to understand the situation and stay as hungry and keep trying to prove that we're a good football team."

"Bowling was my first love. Beating my mother for the first time when I was 13 or 14 was a major accomplishment. I had big glasses. I was a pretty smart kid, maybe nerdy, but I always had a good street sense."

"We know we have the pieces in place, ... That's evident. You look at last year, with us being a game away. So we know that. The question going into this camp is can we create that same chemistry? Can everybody play at that same level that we played last year? Can we be that same football team? In this business, that's the hardest thing to do."

"I really don't have it figured out yet. I want to do some television work but it depends on what opportunities are there, football related. Right now everything is an option."

"Ben blew it when he dove in. He was supposed to go down at the half-inch line."

"I look at it like it'll last forever. But I know it has to come to an end. If this is it, then I want to enjoy it."

"Whenever you go into a situation where it could be your last play, there's a sense of desperation. I definitely feel it, and I try to encourage my teammates and lead by example. It doesn't matter how we do it, all that matters is we get it done."

"Bill deserves a lot of credit for this."

"I'll wait until the season is over. I don't want to rush it and make a decision I'd regret. I don't want to get in the way of this franchise going forward. That's the last thing I want to do."