Jerome Bettis

“I'm always super motivated to come in and grind, to work.”

“I'm definitely underrated simply because I'm not flashy.”

“As a running back you're going out there and getting hit. You're taking the shots.”

“God is great because he helps you through and gives you what you need. Maybe not what you want, but what you need.”

“There's a place where you can express criticism of your teammates, but a magazine isn't it.”

“When a quarterback publicly goes against his coach, it's very telling. It's a sign he doesn't believe in the coach.”

“Getting traded is a humbling experience, because no matter what you tell yourself - 'I didn't want to be there anyway' - there's a team that didn't want you.”

“I do believe in karma, but only to a point. When I see what Peyton Manning has to go through - the guy's been a great person, a humanitarian, and it hasn't come back to him on the field - then that line of thinking falls apart.”

“You have to understand what is important, and if football and playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers is important then you're going to act accordingly.”

“I once traded shoes with Brian Urlacher after a game.”

“You know, you can be perfect for a game or so, but when you get in the playoffs, you have to be perfect for every game.”

“I had a couple serious concussions, but even more importantly, I had minor concussions that I wasn't aware of because I just thought I got my bell rung and shook it off.”

“The grass isn't always greener on the other side. Unfortunately, it usually takes being on the other side to realize that, because obviously being a principled person, you're so caught up in the scenario, that it's sometimes hard to see some of those issues.”

“Man, I hated fantasy football back when I was playing.”

“When you've got a team with loads of talent that's not playing close to potential, the head coach is going to pay the ultimate price.”

“The experience of growing up in Detroit helped give me the character necessary to push myself as hard as I did as a football player.”

“Pain is part of the game. It's as much a part of the game as the crowds or the Miller Lite commercials or the TV cameras.”

“With an older brother and an older sister, I realized it was going to be tough for my parents to send all of us to school. And I wanted to get some type of scholarship to go to school, so that led me thinking to football.”

“When you don't have an atmosphere players want to be around, you've lost your team and your season is over.”

“What people remember is the greatness players achieved. With that said, Favre is always going to be remembered as a Green Bay Packer.”