Terry Bradshaw Talks Steelers Dynasty & Football Journey | Undeniable with Joe Buck

It was making Clos poor, I mean, they went after him, yeah, it was nasty, it was brutal. it was the way

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was supposed to be played, hit those guys, give them a body slam, grab the quarterback, throw them down, ah, a slap to the head, I mean, it was like this was cool thing, man, and now they don't practice with pads and they like to talk about their offensive offensive line 6'7 300 95 lb amage right be dead four years when they retire right can't get into shape you can't block can't you can't I don't think you can train without hit hard you can't do any of those things we have the pads ready for you Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday hit hit that's it the Pittsburgh Steelers again I've won Super Bowl 10 of the American Football Conference CH uh, the Dallas Cowboys, I mean to this United States team, eh, United States team, United States team, United States team, yes, the funny thing about that is that this game and the athletes are superstitious, I say no, but I wear the clothes.

I did everything the same way, even this suit I wore the same way, but I got a call from Puma and they said: Hey, look, if you wear our black shoes with the Puma logo, we'll give you $2,500, stop it. How much does $2500 come from here? Are you going to give me 2500 just to wear your shoes? I was wearing Adidas, I didn't have a contract with the shoe company and I said, give me the cash, drink 2500 and I put those shoes on and when I went out to warm up and I looked at my feet and I saw those pumis shoes, I have to tell you that you were nervous, I was not feeling very well at that moment, so I owe the devil my soul 2500 dollars, let's take a watch he beat his b in a bom Bradshaw got hurt on the play the Dallas Rush got to Terry Bradshaw at the other end of the field Brad Shaw was hit on the play and they're picking him up off the field Terry Cole nailed me here and my brother Craig just only your brother would put the va, yeah, he said, see the shot with one blow, the coal hits you, you go down, you raise your head, you see that it's a touchdown and then you come back, I say fight of champions. get up, that's right, man, but yeah, I didn't get clarity until the end of the night, boy, my head was hurting, what does it feel like back-to-back Super Bowl champions?

I mean, that was great, back to back, and one of the only ones. three teams to do that was definitely something I was very proud of 78 1978 the rules changed and you talked about this before, I mean their defense was largely one of the reasons the rules changed Mel's blunt rule, yeah, Mel was our Hall of Fame right corner 64 around 28 he can run like he wins and when he got his hands on a receiver they couldn't get away from him and Tech Sham in Dallas, from what I understand, was extremely upset that his people didn't could break away and he complained to the league and he went up and got the vote, got the vote and changed it changed the rules on what could be done to receivers Chang the rules for offensive linemen they could use their hands more correctly so he did it What it really was was the installation of rules to add offense to the game, right, and that year is your MVP year, right, 1978, right, to me it's not a coincidence, but you want to hear a joke.

I threw 28 touchdown passes that year, that was the most touchdown passes thrown since the AFL merger NFL that's how the game has changed, it's old AFL Joe and the intelligence of all those guys, Al Davis came together and they realized let's entertain them and entertainment is going to be what forces our merger and of course NBC was doing. this and do that and then they would start playing and finally they were forced to merge and that's what we're back to and I'm glad we're back there because it's fun and entertaining

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so in 1978 these The rules change you're right in this MVP year and you end up in the Super Bowl Super Bowl 13, so before that game, Hollywood Henderson says he's so dumb he couldn't spell cat if you saw him, the C and the T that I have and we all could.

I know yes, you are as dumb as a fox. You are, you are the least stupid guy. I don't know what the definition of stupid is. I will, you're not if you can get it, if you can find your way home. Wherever you are you're not stupid, are you?, but when he said that, he did it, he pissed you off, he burned my ass, yeah, he was furious. He couldn't let her know that he caught me, but I'm really like. this was on the cover of Newsweek when this happened yes the stigma around me was that I was not smart, I was stupid, I was dumb, so even people who try to praise me today still say that a guy I had overcome the fact of being dumb and I and then I want to say, my God, what do I want to come to my defense and one of the problems I had in Pittsburgh was please, could some of my players tell everyone, tell these guys that I Did I call my own plays, did I prepare the offense? set up the formations, you know, I lead that group, that's my group when I need answers, I ask questions, you guys have any ideas here.

I'm having a little problem, you know, that was my group, that's how I ran it, this is where I'm not going. to LSU and failing the ACT really stands out this is Sol solidify well he's no good and then you want to defend yourself you want to say hey how dare you say that about me? because you know what's going to happen Joe, I have to go to Miami and now I have to deal with this, you know, I have to deal with this cat thing properly, so you had to consciously get back to the big games.

My whole Mantra Mantra was just go back, go inward, find my peace and and I know that good and bad things are going to happen, so during a game I was, I just never did drugs, I never yelled or yelled at the players, not a single Once I raised my voice at a player, I wasn't a crude guy, I wasn't. necessarily A I was never a Captain I was never a Captain I just kept my mouth shut if I'm under control and I make a mistake it won't bother me if I'm out of control and my emotions will have an effect on me and I'll make another mistake.

I learned that in my career I learned a lot about myself. I think if you study human psychology more than defensive plays, I think you become a better player because you are going to be tested emotionally and I found that I couldn't perform unless I went to a place where no one could reach me. Brad Shaw is back and he's going to Squad and Squad makes a circus catch in the end zone incredible catches holy smoke the 1978 season is over Super Bowl 13 captured by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the first team in NFL history to win it three times, so you answer questions about your intelligence and come out as the Super Bowl MVP, how cool is it that my only smart comment afterwards was you?

You know, you know how my spelling is now, what are you going to say? I didn't even want to say that I didn't have to do it because everyone else would say it for me, you know why, because he has this quote on the wall, the only way to shut everyone up is to win, that's what the GNA say, that's all you hear, you have to win, you have to win, so obviously winning shuts them up the next year, you come back and We face the Rams basically in their backyard in Los Angeles right now, going to the Super Bowl, the guy in charge of the Rams defense is Bud Carson, who had been with you in Pittsburgh and I know, he cared a lot.

Bud Carson was going to know everything you were going to do before you did it, the plays, the controls, everything, this is a nightmare, how the hell are we going to beat these guys? Now we should beat him, but I have to figure it out. Something got into my head, seriously it got into my head. I thought this is the only one we are going to lose and it will be my fault because he was scared to death. They just knew that they knew everything all along. read all of them and he knew me, he knew I like to throw deep, he knew I want to throw wide open flares, he wasn't going to throw a five yard hook or a quick slant unless it was at the goal line or something, he knew that I was going to throw it deep, that's what I like to do, it took everything away from me, I had three interceptions in that game, I was totally, you're losing at halftime, Bud Carson is in your head, yeah, this whole situation, I couldn't Do nothing.

We didn't run, we couldn't throw. I came out in the second. I came out in the third quarter. That's good, but our defense wasn't as dominant in Super Bowl 14 as it had been in '9 and 10 and the Rams under Vince Varag, who looked like Joe Namoth were just marching down the IF, came right back, yeah, they came back right away, so here's the beauty of football in sports all week, you haven't hit a specific deep ball to call timeouts on Stalworth. I will go. to the bench Chuck says Chuck this is where Chuck tells the camera guide to back off and he says look we're not going to beat these guys.

When you know medium passes running the ball, we're going to have to go deep, he said. come on let's run 70 slots hook and go I said coach I haven't completed that pass all week he said no you'll be fine you'll be fine so I walked in and said oh boy no I haven't completed this all week week and here it is and on third down it's a Super Bowl. The Super Bowl plans are going crazy and Rose leans in, which is a cool place to play because of the way the biggest crowd I've ever played in front of, so I'm in the Huddle I'm going okay, let's open the 70 slot right hook and let's go and I'm just what Stalworth checks you out.

Don't know. I don't think anyone looked at me. It's pretty Cru. It's a pretty crucial play and very critical, I mean critical situation, but now when it counts most it's Super Bowl 14, this is what happened and Brad, four-time champion, that throw was brilliant, how good was Perry? , what a quarter of an inch. from taking him down, the catch was incredible CU, one hand slam could have taken him, most receivers probably would have dropped him because he was so close to being taken down, so close, he went to number one overall in 1970 and came out in 1983, right, Chuck? n says well, you better move on and get on with your life's work oh, I got hurt, you got hurt, and that was it, that was it and they booed you on the way out, well, my last game was against the San Diego Chargers and I threw. an interception for the winning touchdown from about the 12 yard line, so I don't blame him for the outburst either, isn't it a shame you were so good that you didn't enjoy it?

I hated it. I told this guy the other day that this is the last and only time, first, last, only time. I'm going to talk about Chuck and that's it and here I am doing it again because he's a great coach, it's just him. He wasn't my kind of coach and he wasn't my kind of guy, and I wasn't his kind of guy and I'm pretty sure I wasn't his kind of quarterback, but he was the best I had and that's the way in that we won together we understood each other and that's fine, we won four Super Bowls.

I did my job. I went home, I got up, it's okay, you know? And then when I got out of the NFL, I was free and said. Thank you, I said again, oh God, this feels so good now that I can be myself on the first ballot for the Hall of Fame, man, that, that, that, something, was the respect you finally got. , which you deserved well. I knew I deserved it, but in that moment it didn't matter. I was proud of my career. I'm glad I went through what I went through. I'm glad I had the hard times.

It made me difficult, like I told you, it made me mean inside. I found that I found my G Spot, you know, the place where I could go and feel comfortable and I understood that you don't get anything without the help of people and once Talent is around you, your talent will explode and you appreciate what you have. . accomplished because you did it with other people and that's the wonderful thing about it, so when it was all said and done for me I was at total peace and then in the cabin in the cabin, I mean, you know, meeting you now is kind of like this .

It's what you were meant to do, you're a great entertainer and you know the game, what's next for you. Many exciting things have happened to me thanks to football. I have been able to make films, meet some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. I've had the opportunity to perform with Glenn Campbell. Marty Robbins. I have a one-man show in Las Vegas. I have had a championship court of horses. My wife and I show and compete with my daughter, the three of us and I was just going to say nothing, but it makes you prouder than being a father.

I love it, everyone loves fishing, which I love doing, so it's pretty cool and I have a great wife. finally, finally, finally hit a home run, yeah, we're done with fun questions. I have seen this. I know what's coming. Would you rather scream all the time or whisper all the time. Oh, I prefer to really whisper. I thought you'd go for the other one. right no, I prefer to whisper I'm tired right now if I talk too loud I'm excited today but I prefer to just I prefer to talk normally I prefer to whisper Would you prefer to know what your pets think of you? or never hear them talk I would prefer I would prefer that they talk would you like to know would you like Jack the chicken to tell you what he thinks of you yes I would if you could if he could now I'm taking this in the in I'm taking this as if through his expressions It's not that they can speak English they're going to speak English oh speak English yes, absolutely, because you know what they are I'm going tosay I love you to those who don't like to hear that I know I love you would you rather have a life that lasts 1000 years or 10 lives that are 100 years each 10 lives 100 years because I have told you a thousand times my wife, when I experience new places and I go, this is so beautiful, wouldn't it be nice to know that we lived 200 years where we could move here for 25 years and then move away?

Have you ever been to Hawaii? We have a place in Why was it? Like I never get tired every time I see God, isn't that so wonderful? why do we get a place? Why haven't we done this before? I have very few years left. Would you rather have your flight delayed 16 hours or miss it? your luggage uh well I'll fly my I have my own plane so I don't have that problem so show off right? Your dad taught you not to lie. Luggage. I think everyone would agree about the luggage. Are you kidding? I recorded this four hours earlier and maybe you and I will get it.

It was three or four days later, okay, late with the luggage, you know what late? Yes, who hadn't experienced that, but that thing about luggage. I have my own plane. I think you'll agree with me that the man sitting here is good, that smile. says it all, he is a wonderful human being, one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL, four time Super Bowl champion, first pick, Hall of Famer, wonderful son, great father, a great brother and a great friend, Terry shop, thank you friends, thank you. thank you very much thank you see you love see you on sunday