249 Quotes by Jerome Bettis

We've been on the doorstep a couple times. Once we got to the play-offs, we knew it was a realistic possibility.

I'm a champion. Mission accomplished. With that, I have to say farewell.

You assume we're going overtime. I wasn't down. I was getting ready to go. When I saw (the kick) go wide right, it was incredible.

I'm a champion. I think the Bus' last stop is here in Detroit. It's official, like the referee whistle.

You ask why have the Pittsburgh Steelers been a physical, smash-mouth type of a team for so long. I think it's because the team takes the identity of its head coach. He looks for tough players. He looks for physical players. And he doesn't settle for anything less.

In my book (he has), but guess what? My book don't mean much, ... I don't know. That's why you have to defer to the big fella, who's supposed to make those decisions. I don't get paid to make those decisions.

You ask us to tell you something, and when we kind of skate around the truth, that's accepted. But when we tell you what we believe to be the truth, I think we've been criticized. So it's a shame that he spoke out on what he believes and he's being criticized. What Stevens said is what he believes. Their job is to make sure it's not a big block party after the game. Our job is to make sure everybody gets a ticket.

I'm living a dream right now. I am enjoying retirement.

We knew coming in that if we wanted to control this division, this was the game.