"I think with my hands, it was catching a lot of footballs and working with my father during the summer because he would always make me. My father was a bricklayer so I was a helper. My job was to make sure that he had bricks to lay."

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Source : "The Secrets To Jerry Rice’s Hall Of Fame Football Career Can Be Found In Crawford, Mississippi". Interview with Chris Greenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2013.

Jerry Rice

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“In addressing you I feel that I am not so much speaking to the representatives of diverse States of Europe and America as to the exponents of principles and hopes that are common to us all, and without which our life on earth would be a life without horizon or prospect.”

Source : "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Speech at the London Interparliamentary Conference". The Advocate of Peace, Volume 68, No. 9, archive.org. September 1906.
“Some people weren't sure whether they wanted to get on board until the very end, and by then it's too late - so we just shake their hand and thank them for their time as well. I don't know that I'm beating anyone at their own game, other than just being myself and doing what I've promised my fans, my family, and my team that I'm going to do.”
“I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.”
“I had been thinking independently about our ability to forget things that happened, specifically, events that clearly were wrong, that crossed the line. It seemed to me during the 2000 election recount that the media's narrative was being orchestrated. Shockingly, after the Supreme Court decision, the media simply said, "Time to move on," end of reporting: "Here's the new story." And everyone forgot.”
“A man's home is no longer his castle; it is no longer a place away from urgent tasks because the telephone breaches the walls with imperious demands.”
“Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.”
“The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.”
“If you're a global company you are going to have jobs overseas. The reality is if we start taxing those jobs at a rate that makes them noncompetitive in those markets, the reality is that we're going to lose business.”

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