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Monday Night Football. That Was Everything To Me Because You Get A Chance To Show Everybody What You're Capable Of. It's Only Two Teams On That Monday Night.

The Absolute Worst Thing A Receiver Can Do Is Worry About Not Catching The Ball Or About Getting Hit.

Coming From The South, I Just Felt You Had To Work Just A Little Bit Harder. It Was Not Going To Be Handed To You. I’d Get The Letters From All The Major Schools But No One Came Out To Talk To Me Face To Face Until This Small, Dominant Black School, Mississippi State Valley University Sent A Coach Out To Me. I Had A Chance To Talk To Him And He Said, ‘hey Jerry, We’re Going To Be Doing Some Great Things At Mississippi Valley State University And We Would Love To Have You There.’

To Me, It Was Never About What I Accomplished On The Football Field. It Was About The Way I Played The Game. I Played The Game With A Lot Of Determination, A Lot Of Poise, A Lot Of Pride And I Think What You Saw Out There...was An Individual Who Really Just Loved The Game.

I Used To Help Out My Father, A Bricklayer, In The Summer. I'd Catch The Bricks (that Were Dropped). And It Made Me Strong, Catching Those Bricks. I Wouldn't Change Anything About It. That's Why I'm Where I Am Today. Really.