It takes sacrifice to win a Lombardi Trophy, as Denver Broncos legend John Elway learned before winning his first Super Bowl with the team.

A new Netflix documentary titled Elway chronicles his struggle to get to the top. The trailer begins with praise being thrown Elway's way, with someone calling him “the most gifted quarterback to ever play in the National Football League.” Mike Shanahan, one of his coaches on the Broncos, thought, “Man, this guy's a freak,” upon first seeing him.

Despite being praised, Elway felt a weight on his shoulders to bring Denver a Super Bowl victory. He lost three of them before finally getting over the hump.

“I can still remember feeling that responsibility and the expectation — I had to sacrifice everything to be the best,” Elway explains in the doc

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