Deion Sanders is the greatest cover cornerback to ever play football. And with the exception of Bo Jackson, Sanders is the greatest athlete I have ever seen on a football field.Â
Yesterday Sanders received his rightful place with enshrinement into professional football’s Hall of Fame. The following are the leadership quotes we can glean from his acceptance speech:
- “We oftentimes have football coaches but when it comes to spiritual things we don’t want any coaching.”
- “When we have public success we also have private struggles.”
- “This game, this game, this game, this game taught me how to be a man. This game taught me if I get knocked down, I got to get my butt back up.”
- “I would do this for free as long as you’re doing it for free.”
- “I always had a rule in life that I would never love anything that couldn’t love me back.”
- “It taught me how to be a man, how to get up, how to live in pain. Taught me so much about people, timing, focus, dedication, submitting oneself, sacrificing.
- “I made a promise I needed this game to fulfill.”
- “I’m not going to do anything illegal but my momma was not going to have to work another day in her life.”
- “I knew I have the substance. I knew I had the goods. I knew I have the work ethic.”
- “If your dream ain’t bigger than you, there’s a problem with your dream.”
- “Whenever you make a promise, you have a responsibility to that promise.”
- “There’s no class to manage people. There’s no class to teach on how to handle millions. There’s no class to teach us how to manage time.”
- “What separates us is that we expect to be great.”
- “I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn’t been done. I expect to provoke change.”
- “When I got to (my) next team I had to prove myself all over again.”
- “If you don’t believe in yourself how will somebody else believe in you?”
- “I was trick-or-treat and it wasn’t even Halloween.”
- “Since 1989 I have tackled every bill my momma has ever given me. Hadn’t missed one. Now next they say, ‘Prime didn’t tackle’ let them know that yes he did.”
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