“When I first got to the Raiders, I was like, 'Wow! This is Jerry Rice.' And he came to shake my hand. It just shows what type of person he is. He's down to earth -- a great person and a great player.”
Alvis Whitted
“It's felt like the Jerry Lewis telethon. When the story broke at noon (last Friday), I had to clip the phone to my jeans at home, so many calls were coming in. I never, ever thought it would be like this.”
Donna Lajoie
“Jerry is an excellent therapist. Jerry had solutions when no one else could solve the problem.”
Jay Glenn
“I had one situation when Jerry went out as my partner on an eviction, and the house had steel doors. The guy locked us in the building and wouldn't let us out.”
John Connors
“And I'm always surprised at who's there when you fail, ... It's usually not the people you expect to be there. It's easy to have friends when you're winning. And Jerry Maguire was kind of about that. This was about that, but it's like success and failure get trumped by an even bigger issue, which is, 'Are you going to be truly alive, and do you even know what that is?' ”
Cameron Crowe
“I truly can't believe it. It's a dream come true. As a kid I remember watching Jerry Rice and Joe Montana in the Super Bowl.”
Hines Ward
“T.O. was behind Jerry Rice at least four years and nobody ever heard of him. You never know what can happen. They laugh now; cry later. It's all good.”
Darnerien McCants
