Jerry always told me that he never played the perfect game. In his mind, that's a lofty deal. A lot of people would take a few of his games as perfection.
"Ronald Mandel "Ronnie" Lott" is a former American college and professional American football/football player who was a cornerback, free safety, and strong safety in the National Football League (NFL) for fifteen seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. Lott played college football for the University of Southern California, and was honored as a consensus All-American. A first-round pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Raiders, New York Jets, and Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. Lott was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000, and is widely considered one of the best defensive backs in NFL history.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous athletes! More Ronnie Lott on Wikipedia.If Michael Jordan was the standard for hard work in basketball, then Jerry Rice is the standard for football, ... If there's a way to go out for Jerry, this is probably the right way. The gas is out of the tank. He did everything that he could. Most people didn't think he would have the impact that he did on this game. But he came into the league trying to make a team, and that's how he's leaving.
You could see the excitement. He was more excited about that than on that last drive going down against Denver. What you're finding is that he's making plays. He's just doing it in another platform. He's trying to make plays. It's kinda hard to turn off.
The last two years have been a wake-up call for him. A wake-up call to be around his boys, to have fun, to be a great dad, to be like his dad was to him.
His boys are at that age where they're throwing the football, ... He sees there are the boys out there playing ball, and I'm almost positive that he went, `My dad used to be out there all the time.' .
I'm not interested in being a GM. My passion is doing the things I'm doing with the asset-management company ... and my car dealerships.
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