Life’s Work: An Interview with Jerry Rice

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Life’s Work: An Interview with Jerry Rice
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'I got my start after running away from the principal one day when I was playing hooky. He noticed I was fast, so after disciplining me, he said I should go out for the football team.'

Rice first played organized football as a high school sophomore. By senior year he was an all-state receiver recruited by several colleges. He opted for a pass-reliant program where he could showcase his strengths and performed so well that the San Francisco 49ers made him a first-round pick in the 1985 NFL draft. He went on to win three Super Bowls with the team, play in 13 Pro Bowls, and set dozens of league records.

You talked about recovering from your own mistakes. What about when your team lost despite your best efforts? We were striking for pension, severance, free agency, to get rid of Astroturf. And it worked. Look at revenue now—for the players and the owners and the whole NFL. It’s a collective group working together, and everybody is getting what they actually deserve.

What about after Super Bowl XXIII, when Disney had Joe Montana say, “I’m going to Disneyland!” instead of asking you, the Most Valuable Player, as they’d done in the past? Didn’t you complain?

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