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Never in my life did I think I’d want to give up the single life for a pair or sneakers, but that was before I laid eyes on the ones.
On Saturday, three-time Super Bowl champion cornerback Ty Law was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for being one of the best defensive forces to wear a New England Patriots jersey.
The 45-year-old’s resume is silly: Three Super Bowl wins, Five Pro Bowls, Two First Team All-Pros, Two-Time NFL interception leader (24th all-time in NFL history), NFL 2000s All-Decade Team.
One of the best defensive backs of all-time best show up to the ceremony that highlights the highest individual honor in football in style. He did just that in spades.
Law commissioned Leah Miller at Bella Artistry to make him custom shoes made with 12,000 Swarovski crystals that were applied one at a time. The pieces of art took a reported 40 hours to perfectly craft, and it was time well spent.
Think I can get some for being a senior on JV?? Hit me up, Leah.
In his speech, Law lauded his former coach Bill Belichick, who was a spring chicken of a head coach in Law’s early days and the two rose to prominence together.
“Thank you for believing in me,” said Law, who played 10 seasons in New England. “Thank you for not trying to change who I was. You gave me the opportunity to try my way first, but you always reminded me if I messed up, we’re going back to do it your way. But the only thing is he didn’t say messed up — I know we’re on TV — he said a couple of other words.”
Peep Law’s heartfelt Hall of Fame induction speech below: