Jerry Rice Quotes

There is no way I could have played fourteen years in the NFL if I didn't work my butt off on the practice field perfecting my technique or spend hours upon hours in the film room studying defenses.

It's so hard in the NFL, man. You spend the course of a long week preparing for one opportunity. And once you get that opportunity and you get in that moment, it's just an amazing feeling. It's something you should celebrate about, something you should be excited about.

If you're in the NFL for more than five minutes you see that you can be here today and gone tomorrow. That's why I played the way I did. I think that's why I worked hard to not miss a game, fight through injuries and all that stuff because when it's gone, it's gone.

If I don't have the books to read, if I don't have the information to study, how can I succeed? That's a lot of the stuff I would focus on if I was elected because I think knowledge is power.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

I was taught that in this country if you work hard, you can do anything, and I don't see a lot of those principles in children's books today.

Study first, play afterwards.

So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.

An exam should be passed by every man…. A man today, tomorrow -- a donkey.

I want to graduate high school, so it's very important to me, and I'll be focusing hard on that as well.

I believe in the promise of America, which is if you work hard, you do better for yourselves, and you dream bigger for kids.

My dad was the only son from his entire family to come to America, and I was his only son. We had come to the States to achieve security and success for our family. Rules were simple: No fun, no friends, no girls. Go to school, come home, and study.

They didn't have a lot, but my grandparents taught me the important stuff: that hard work and character, matter. When I got my acceptance (and scholarship) to college, it felt like a dream come true.

I'm just playing my football, and I will just see what the future holds for me.

My mum was always saying when we were kids: 'If you don't do you homework you're not going to the gym.' She was always a big believer in having something to fall back on.

You want be young and have fun, that's great. But while you're having fun, someone you don't see is studying and preparing. You might end up working for that person. No one wants to hear that! But I try to tell young people: You want to be the one signing the front of the check, not the back.

There are two kinds of students: those who study and work to survive, while others who want to be achievers.

I understand how hard every guy in this NFL works, especially at the position, especially at the quarterback position.

Playing in the NFL, it's a privilege, it's not a right.

It doesn't matter if a footballer is earning £100,000 a week or £1,000 a week the first thing you need to do is work hard for your team.

I think when you're not in the NFL or when you're early in your career, you don't understand how hard guys work, especially the guys that play a long time and are successful.

There are guys throughout the NFL that get the chance one way or the other.

I'm just happy and blessed to have the opportunity to go to the NFL.

I wasn't good at school, so I wouldn't have gone to university. I'm so grateful for football, and I don't know where I would be without it, but I know I would have worked hard.

When I joined Sale I thought that if I did well there I would have a chance of making the World Cup squad. What I did not expect was how quickly I got back into the frame.