Tonight former safety Brian Dawkins was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The following are just some of his accomplishments:
- 5-time First team All-Pro
- 9-time Pro Bowler
- First player in NFL history to record a sack, interception, fumble recovery and touchdown catch in same game
- As a safety, averaged nearly 100 tackles per season throughout career
This is the BEST Hall of Fame Speech I have ever heard!
The following are 32 Inspirational Hall Of Fame Leadership Quotes From Brian Dawkins:
- For Brian it was all about faith, family and football. – Troy Vincent
- He played with no boundaries. He was somebody who put it all out there. – Vincent
- You earned it. You left it all on the field. – Vincent
- Glory! Hallelujah!
- First of all – HALLELUJAH!!!
- I did not do this by myself. I did not.
- I had a healthy dose of letting you (teammates) down. That’s why I went so hard. I didn’t want to let you down.
- I gave everything I had to the last drop for you because I love you.
- Football was what I did. It is not who I am. I am a blessed man of God.
- The majority of success I have had has come on the backend of pain.
- Pain helps you develop those things which will take you to the next level of what the Lord has for you.
- There’s a purpose for my pain.
- I suffer from depression.
- I was planning the way I would kill myself so my wife would get the money.
- That pain increased my faith exponentially.
- You do have hope. There is something on the other side of this. Keep moving. Keep pushing through.
- I want to thank my haters.
- Their words just gave me energy. My haters became my elevators.
- My high school basketball Coach Humphrey taught me if he can’t break me, no one could break me… He got me mentally strong.
- I’ve been blessed by the best and Emmitt Smith is one of the best.
- Emmitt would not let me settle for average… He saw greatness in me I could not see.
- I saw in her (his grandmother) was what a Christian really was.
- You want to know where the fighter in me comes from? My mom. She’s survived a couple of strokes. She’s survived cancer.
- When you start something, you finish it.
- Brian Jr., I’m proud I have you my name.
- Twins. Not double-trouble. Double-blessings.
- I pray the name I give you will bless you.
- Stand up sweetheart. Put on that gold veil. That’s my Hall of Fame wife (Connie).
- Don’t settle in this life… Push through the pain. On the other side of pain is something special to go to the next level God has for you.
- This chapter of my life is complete. But I believe this next chapter will be special with His guidance.
- There’s going to be some painful things to come but I’m prepared for it with His guidance. I’m going to persevere through it with His guidance. With that purpose and that pain I’m going to be able to bless so many other people.
- Thank you Heavenly Father for blessing me with the sense I did not do everything by myself. That You have guided me the whole way. That I’ve had wonderful people around me that You have put in purposed positions to reach me. That You have orchestrated my life even though my plans were to do the opposite. You stayed faithful to me and continue to push me, to pull me towards the purpose. So I thank You Heavenly Father and I can’t wait, I can’t wait to see what You’re going to do with me next.
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