Published on Saturday, February 06, 2010
By Daily Bulletin Staff Writer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Here's how you stop Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith: Put them in the Hall of Fame and watch them break down and cry.
The men who tore apart NFL defenses couldn't handle the emotions Saturday when they were elected to the shrine along with five others.
"They told me `Don't cry,' " Rice said, his eyes wet with tears. "It meant the world to me, just like winning a Super Bowl. On draft day, I didn't take that for granted. I didn't take this for granted."
He could have.
A nominee needs 80 percent approval from the 44 media members who vote and Rice and Smith were certainties in their first year of eligibility. Vote totals aren't announced.
"I am just honored ... to stand up there with greatness," Rice added.
Smith teared up when speaking about his father and how "I was living his dream."
"We are blessed to achieve this level of greatness together," Smith said, referring to Rice
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