A few quick notes from Jerry Rice’s Hall of Fame speech:
Jerry Rice’s Speech At The Pro Football Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
- Rice made special note of his departed father, who was not an affectionate man. Rice got his start catching things by grabbing bricks thrown from his father during construction work. This should not be construed as an endorsement of throwing bricks at one’s sons.
- Rice admitted a special level of insecurity “The reason I never got caught from behind is because I was running scared.” And it’s not really just a figure of speech; it’s clearly something Rice believes at heart, as evidenced by his statement shortly thereafter: “I was always in search of that perfect game... and I never got it.”
- Rice’s speech was also a record-setter, beating Emmitt Smith’s by mere minutes to be the first to hail Dancing With The Stars.
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