Brother Quote by Jerome Bettis

“With an older brother and an older sister, I realized it was going to be tough for my parents to send all of us to school. And I wanted to get some type of scholarship to go to school, so that led me thinking to football.” quote by Jerome Bettis — Download Open image

“With an older brother and an older sister, I realized it was going to be tough for my parents to send all of us to school. And I wanted to get some type of scholarship to go to school, so that led me thinking to football.”

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