2010 Pro Football Hall Of Fame Inductions: Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice Highlight A Class Of Legends

Here are notes from Dick LeBeau’s induction speech on Saturday evening.

- He said that on the night he was voted in, he didn’t want to answer the phone because he was afraid of missing a call from the Hall of Fame. “I can’t talk,” he said. “I’m waiting for the Hall of Fame to call.” Dick LeBeau does not have call waiting!

- He mentioned his visit to the White House. Obama held up a 44 Steelers jersey, since he was the 44th President and the Steelers won the 44th Super Bowl. He used this to segue into, uh, this:

“I’m going to do something a little sneaky here. You got 4 and 4. Add them and you got 8. Subtract 2 and you got 6. That’s how many Super Bowls the Steelers have won.”

Some quick notes from the first half-hour of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremony, as seen on NFL Network:

- Emmitt Smith isn’t known for his public speaking ability. And yet, Rich Eisen remarked that Smith isn’t going to use any notes for his speech. This could either be really bad or really great.