"Andre Bernard Tippett" is a former American college and professional American football/football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the University of Iowa, and was recognized as an All-American. A second-round pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, Tippett played professionally for the New England Patriots for his entire pro career. Currently, he is the Patriots' Executive Director of Community Affairs. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

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The three teams that won (the Super Bowl) overrule us in a lot of things, but we were the first Patriots to go. That was a special year, 1985.

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We were all of the mind that if you took care of one game at a time and played hard, anything was possible. I'm not going to tell you we knew we were going to go to the Super Bowl because I don't know that you ever know that, but as the season went along you got the feeling that something special was happening.

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We just knew that if we were going to do it, we would have to do it on the road. Some way, we had to turn their house into house.

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