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'I'll never forget where I came from in Crafton': Bill Cowher reacts to Hall of Fame induction

'I'll never forget where I came from in Crafton': Bill Cowher reacts to Hall of Fame induction
on behalf of everyone back in Pittsburgh. I appreciate it was such a special honor. Certainly they have Dani in here and in Troy today. So it it's been a really, really special couple weeks from the time that you do that, you were getting into the Hall of Fame being voted in in the centennial class. Did you have time to reflect back to your beginnings back there in your neighborhood? It crafted. I think you could merely I immediately go back there. You know when it happens. Ah, national TV trying to process all the information. I think the first thing you think about for me was the people that weren't there. People there, they're beginning your journey. But my mom and dad, my late wife, Kay um, Dan Rooney, Marty shot. These were guys at integral parts of who I am today. You never forget where I came from, A craft I grew up there. I never forget walking down to the crafting athletic field, playing mighty mites, crafts in little Cougars and playing football there. Don't baseball with my dad back in the alley, going to college in high school way went from offensive defense. My brother came in. We took a lot of pride playing up their football. You know, it was something was just a big, integral part of my life. Now a za professional athlete as a professional football coach used to other people talking about your game. What do you have to say about your own career with regards to that? Why it got you to the Hall of Fame? You know, I just try to do the best I could. I love to compete, which I'd be respectful of. Every opportunity I was given. Make the most of it. Don't take yourself too seriously. Learn from other people. Continue to try to grow as a person. I said before I think I can to Pittsburgh. I became a better father, better husband and cost. Charlie became a better coach because of Dan Rooney. In some of the culture he that he created, the core values that he instilled on goes back to growing up in the city of Pittsburgh. I had a paper route at the age of eight, worked in the steel mills just with themselves through college. You never forgot where he came from. One thing about Pittsburghers way don't complain. We work you do. You do your best. You forget you. We came from. You do with humility. You do with respect. You do it to win those qualities that I grew up with. When you heard that Troy Polamalu was voted into the Hall of Fame, what was your immediate reaction? It was a matter of time, and no one exemplified is more respect for the game and no one's more productive. No one could change a game like he did. He had a unique style in the approach to the game, but he always did it out of respect. Way came to Pittsburgh. You can always tell from the very beginning this was a special player and he was in the right city to play. People of Pittsburgh could identify with him with his style, his charisma with humility, but also with his way of doing things that find a way to let us win football games. And lastly, so many people talked about speculated whether or not you will come back into coaching over the years since you left and got into broadcasting, How did you react as you read comments in the paper? Listen to people speak on radio about your career at any point where you attempted to even consider coming back? No, really. You know, when I step down with 15 years of different personal reasons and my late wife has done a great place. She passed away three years later after I stepped down and I was able spend three quality years with her with my kids. I got a great job at CBS is a great platform that gave me another more balance in my life. I met my current wife now, and she's in music and I really didn't. I had the best job in football, the best organization football, you know. I stepped down on my own volition and so I didn't eat any validation. This has been a great acknowledgement that have this, but I was okay if it didn't happen, you know, 15 years, Yeah, we could have won more games, made one more championships. But it was a great journey and I want that was some great memories. Great experiences with coaches and players and things that people in memories that people never be able to take away from you. You can't put it put a quantifying with anything more that I didn't even foundation. I had a great 15 year run. This is a great acknowledgement, though I must have.
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'I'll never forget where I came from in Crafton': Bill Cowher reacts to Hall of Fame induction
Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Cowher reacted to his Pro Football Hall of Fame election in Miami on Saturday, saying he will never forget where he came from in Crafton. Cowher also reacted to Troy Polamalu's Hall of Fame election, saying it was “a matter of time. No one exemplified or was more respectful of the game than him, no one was more productive, no one could change a game like he did."Watch the full interview in the video player above. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Sheldon Ingram also spoke with Polamalu in Miami following his election. Click here to watch the full interview.

Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Cowher reacted to his Pro Football Hall of Fame election in Miami on Saturday, saying he will never forget where he came from in Crafton.

Cowher also reacted to Troy Polamalu's Hall of Fame election, saying it was “a matter of time. No one exemplified or was more respectful of the game than him, no one was more productive, no one could change a game like he did."

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Watch the full interview in the video player above.

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Sheldon Ingram also spoke with Polamalu in Miami following his election. Click here to watch the full interview.