Former NFL CB Deion "Prime Time" Sanders Enters Pro Football Hall Of Fame

Prime Time has come to Canton -- with an extra touch of gold and a black do-rag. Deion Sanders strutted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night sporting a pair of gold shoes to go with the gold jacket emblematic of the special company he has become a part of. At the end of his riveting acceptance speech, he placed his ubiquitous do-rag on his hall bust. "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." The dynamic cornerback and kick returner ran off a list of people who influenced him as smoothly as he ran past opponents, whether running back kicks or interceptions -- or even catching passes when he appeared as a wide receiver, or dashing around the bases in the major leagues, including one World Series appearance. He spoke of promising his mother she could stop working in a hospital when he became a success, and of how he created the Prime Time image at Florida State -- then turned it into a persona. "What separates us is that we expect to be great," he said. "I expect to be great, I expect to do what had to be done. I expect to make change."

Source: Associated Press

 

Deion putting a do-rag on his bust......there will never be another 'Prime Time'.

 

"I did it all for my momma". Damn, my living room got a little dusty during that speech...

 

Article updated.....

 

Was a good speech by Deion.

 

Didnt watch it but Deion gets all the props in the world from me, one of my favorite all-time non-Browns players ever

 

Best Cover CB ever. Others have a claim as better CB's, but Prime Time was the best Cover CB ever

 

Greatest performer on and off the field ever.

When the Lions drafted Barry Sanders 3rd over all media asked Deion when he heard the last name Sanders with the Lions pick he said (paraphrasing of course) "We gonna ask for so much money the Lions gonna have to put me on lay away."

:Loco:

Freaking classic.