112 Quotes by Jerry Rice

I think with my hands, it was catching a lot of footballs and working with my father during the summer because he would always make me. My father was a bricklayer so I was a helper. My job was to make sure that he had bricks to lay.

The chemistry between a quarterback and a receiver is almost like a dance.

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

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

Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students.

After I got disciplined I got introduced to football and then after that everything just took off for me. I had a lot of role models: the teachers, the coaches. Watching them give so much to so many students so they can be successful in life basically just ingrained in me that I think it's more gratifying for me to give back and than just to receive.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

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

If he feels like you've crossed him or something like that ? that you've stabbed him in the back ? he doesn't forget that. As a professional athlete, you've got to be able to move on. You've got to put the team first.