Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce confirmed that he received a little inspiration from his brother for his Super Bowl LIV parade speech.
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce gave a passionate speech at their Super Bowl LII parade in 2018. After that, Travis was merely interested in earning a Super Bowl ring of his own. He didn’t have any idea what he would say if he ever had the opportunity to hold the mic at a Super Bowl parade.
“Listen, I’m just trying to one-up him in terms of getting a Super Bowl ring first,” Travis told Chiefs Wire. “I’ll worry about the parade if I ever get to enjoy one.”
Well, it didn’t take long for Travis to match his brother in Super Bowl titles. Sure enough, he also had an opportunity to make a Super Bowl speech of his own. When Travis spoke with reporters on Wednesday, he revealed that he didn’t prepare his speech and that his brother advised him to let it all come from the heart.
“None of that was like ever thought of,” Kelce explained. “I just went up there blind. I asked my brother, ‘Did you have some of that stuff thought out?’ He was like, ‘I knew I was going to talk about my teammates and give them praise and bring to light that everybody was hating on us.’ But he didn’t know how he was going to say it, he just went up there and started rambling on. I was like, ‘Yeah, you know what? Speak from the heart I guess.’ So I went out there knowing that I was going to give some guys some praise, especially Coach Reid, for him to be able to get [a Super Bowl win]. Then El Presidente, [Chiefs team president] Mark Donovan came up to me before the parade and let me know that we’re going to make ‘Fight For Your Right To Party’ the anthem for every time we score a point. I think going into it with that mentality, not really knowing what I was going to say, but just speaking from the heart and speaking about my teammates. That was the mindset.”
Jason originally said that Travis didn’t need any advice, but what’s a big brother if not someone you can rely on for a little advice? I think it’s safe to say that the Kelce brothers both have a knack for giving impromptu, passionate and enjoyable Super Bowl speeches. Now, they’ll be in a race to see which of the two will get to take the microphone next.
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