Julius Peppers HOF speech

Now, Rod Marinelli, my defensive coordinator when I was at Chicago, would alway say the star of the team is the team and that's how I tried to play the game. All I ever wanted to do was do my job, help the team win and earn you guys' respect. So to every teammate that I had and all the teammates and all the teams that I ever played on, I want to thank you for the amazing ride and it was a pleasure sharing it through with you guys. So thank you all.

Now for all of the sacks, interceptions and touchdowns you see on Sunday, there's a whole team of people behind the scenes who are just as important to our success, that sometimes may go unnoticed so I want to shout y'all out. But I see you. I want to thank my strength and conditioning coaches. My trainers. The people upstairs in the front office. Thank you Marty Hurney. All of the football people and football ops, upstairs, the equipment managers and the PR department, community relations and all the other support staff. Thanks to all of you.

Are you resilient? Do you stand tall in the face of adversity when things get tough or do you quit?

Do you acknowledge other people's contributions to your success or do you make it all about you? Being a Hall of Famer is one of my crowning achievements but it, but it extends far beyond. It extends to my family and it extends to my daily life.

Everyone can't play in an NFL game and everyone can't have a bust in Canton, but everyone can be a Hall of Famer in your own life.