CANTON, Ohio -- Charles Haley was many things during his 13-year NFL career.A dominant pa s rusher, a weekly game-plan wrecker and the daytime incarnation of a quarterback's worst nightmare. As the only human being to earn five rings as a player, Haley had a knack for shifting the NFC power structure as he pivoted from San Francisco, to Dallas and back to the Niners -- winning rings in both cities.The five-time er was all these things as a player, but on Friday -- one day before his induction -- Haley was something Brock Holt Jersey  new: Reflective.Google and a keyboard reveal the well-documented chaos that Haley unleashed on every locker room he inhabited. His behind-the-scenes antics certainly contributed to his delay in reaching Canton, but Haley on Friday seemed at peace with his past and happy to be here.Asked what made him a special player, he deadpanned: "I was born beautiful."When beat writer Charean Williams asked for clues about Haley's speech on Saturday, he wouldn't bite, saying: "What am I going to say in my speech? That I love you girl, and thank you so much for helping a brother get in."Laughs all around, but there was more.Haley went out of his way to gush over former teammates and coaches -- especially Bill Walsh -- while urging today's rs to look out for young, troubled NFL players like , who was released on Friday after his third DUI arrest.Haley promised to reach out to Smith, and told us that his me sage for young athletes is simple: "You need to play better than me, you need to be a better man than me.""The only thing I want the fans to know is that -- I love this game. I love it with all my heart," Haley said. "I had the best time in the world. I met some of the greatest people in the world. Because of this game, I didn't have to live in (his hometown of) Gladys, Virginia. ... It's been so rewarding for me and my family. The generations of kids not going to college is broken, and I'm happy to be a part of that."He's still an unusual cat, but Haley on Friday seemed to be looking outward -- or maybe inward -- at all the people who helped get him to Canton.Here's what else we learned from the Cla s of 2015:The inductees saved their highest praise for Junior Seau, the former , and linebacker who will be inducted posthumously on Saturday night. Former general manager Bill Polian called him the while Haley said Seau "could run faster than anybody I ever seen before." Seau was lauded for his unrivaled ability to diagnose plays, but former running back Jerome Bettis spoke for the group when he named Seau's greatest quality: "Even if you weren't his teammate, in the offseason, you were a friend."Speaking of Bettis, nobody attracted more media attention than the former power back. You don't see runners like Bettis anymore -- his build was unique -- but when I asked him to compare his game to someone from today, he didn't think twice. " would have to be the guy that you look at and (say) like, 'Woah!' Because he refuses to let one person tackle him and that was my philosophy: Somebody's going to pay. ... If I have to go down, I'm taking somebody down with me. And when you look at the landscape of pro football, is one of those guys. , although we don't have the same body type, he's the same kind of guy. When he gets the ball, somebody's going to have to pay for him going down to the ground. And when he's running, he's saying, 'Is it going to be you? Is it going to be you? And a lot of times the answer is 'No!'"Back to Haley for a minute. When NFL Media's Michael Silver asked if players feared the pa s rusher -- and if he used that fear to his advantage -- Haley told him, "Man, you use everything. As a defensive player, you use everything you could."Said Haley: "What I used to do, I dehumanized the people that played (against us). I only looked at that number and that weight. I never want to know anything about them, because, when you start rea
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