249 Quotes by Jerome Bettis

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    Everybody is unselfish. Everyone understands they have a role. If their role is expanded, that's great. If it's reduced, that's understood. I think that what is so special about this locker room. There are no 'Me and I' guys. It's all about the team.

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    Everybody is supposed to beat us. We really jelled and felt that we could get it done. Only the guys in the locker room believe that, and that was enough.

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    We never played the disrespect angle. We knew what it was. It wasn't disrespect. It was us being the sixth seed, so it wasn't disrespect. No one believed we could do it but us. We didn't feel disrespected, we just knew we were a better football team than people portrayed us to be.

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    The body doesn't bounce back like it once did, ... The beating has taken its toll, so physically you don't feel as strong as you used to.

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    The alternative to all this is that I could be at home watching, and for a lot of years I have been watching. So this is a good problem to have.

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    It's been done before, so that tells you something -- it can happen. Hopefully, there'll be another one this year.

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    That will be a tough situation, ... But it's not like we haven't dealt with bigger issues than that. That's why we have quality backups, because everybody is capable of playing well. That's what we need right now.

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    It's amazing, truly an amazing feeling. I'm the happiest person on this field. I'm the happiest person in the world. We're champions of the world, and they can't take that away from us. It's an unbelievable moment.

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