“I set out to become uncommon,” said Bucs legend Ronde Barber during his induction speech into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 5.
Flanked by former Bucs teammates and Hall of Famers Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks, John Lynch and with Hall of Fame head coach Tony Dungy present, the 5-foot-10 finally stood tall among the legends of the game in Canton, Ohio after an illustrious 16-year career in Tampa Bay.
“My football journey that I’ve been on for 40 years has reached its end, that there’s nowhere else to go,” Barber said. “I can stop being an angry worker. I can stop trying to prove everyone wrong. I’ve come a long way in 26 years. After today, there will be 23 corners in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and I’m not like any one of them because I couldn’t be. I’m here because I refused to just be a guy. Ordinary was not an option.”
