Eagles center Jason Kelce was unable to hold back his emotions after the Eagles won the Super Bowl against the Patriots.
Eagles C Jason Kelce gave an emotional speech about persistence after winning a Super Bowl
It’s getting dusty in here.
Speaking to the media, Kelce said he found himself in the shower crying, because he was dreaming of the moment he won a Super Bowl.
“You work so hard your whole life to get here. Everything culminates and I can’t help but think back to a quote my grandfather gave me from Calvin Coolidge about persistence ... He gave me that quote when I was 18 years old, when I was not given a scholarship at any Division I university,” he said as he fought back tears.
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
“My father and mother told me to stay after my dream,” he said with a whimper. “And I’ve officially accomplished the best thing in this sport with a group of guys who mean the world to me.”
Kelce would go on to talk about how nobody believed in the Eagles during the season, and explained that he couldn’t help but be emotional after overcoming all the doubters.
Kelce was picked in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL draft by the Eagles. He’s made a pair of Pro Bowls in 2014 and 2016, and was a first-team All-Pro in 2017. Despite not being highly recruited out of high school, he’s reached the pinnacle of football, and helped bring Philadelphia its first Super Bowl.
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