Prime time has come to Canton, OH.
Deion Sanders entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame last night, along with Marshall Faulk, Shannon Sharpe, Richard Dent, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter, and Ed Sabol.
“This game,” Sanders repeated dozens of times, “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 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.
“If your dream ain’t bigger than you, there’s a problem with your dream.”
Sharpe, meanwhile, was clearly humbled by the experience.
“When people told me I’d never make it, I listened to the one person who said I could: me,” Sharpe said.
“I am the only player who has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and am the second-best player in my family,” Sharpe added.
“I am so honored. You don’t know what this means for me. This is the fraternity of all fraternities.”
Check it out below, after the jump.
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