Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Derek Carr
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Derek Carr.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
It really didn't matter how much work I had to put in... I was always going to give my best. And I think that if a lot of kids can realize that, and stick with that mindset, they won't get so stressed about certain things, and they can just live and play freely.
When I got to college, my coach let me handle everything, from calling the plays to changing protections to checking in the run game. He let me do absolutely everything at the line.
The best thing that you can do is show up every day and give it everything that you have, because anything outside of that is out of your control.
There's a lot of people out there who don't love football, and I don't want anything to do with those guys.
I'm very much into legacies.
I want to be perfect at everything, knowing I'll never be perfect at it, but that's my goal.
I think just that dog inside of you. When things suck, just to still fight.
For me, if I didn't have my faith, the game gives you a lot of highs and a lot of lows.
I'm hard on myself.
During a game, sometimes you don't know how much you've scored.
I don't need to tell stories about how I prepare or manage myself.
I always try and give my best effort.
We want to put pressure on the defense.
God will put me where he wants me.
A game manager - I wish people would call me that. That's a compliment.
I don't care about the stats. That's not my No. 1 objective.
We want to go 100 miles per hour and cause confusion for the defense. It can be a lot of fun.
We want to be better than 7-9. Honestly, 7-9 is not going to cut it.
I broke my back, I broke my ankle. I didn't cry then.
The city of Oakland, since I got here, has been like my second family. They've taken me in and had my back through the hard times and they've celebrated with me through the good times. And so, I love Oakland.
I know that I've got some guys I want to put in the foxhole with me, and there's a lot of 'em.
I love people.
Obviously it's hard to lose a coach; that's not fun for anybody because you care about him and you have a relationship with him. But as players, we just have to keep moving on.
My only focus was to be the best version of myself.
Tough, gritty, those are things that have been in me since I was a little kid.
There won't be a day when I stop working to be a better version of myself, so I'm going to keep working and I will get better.
I'll never forget when we won that game my rookie year versus Kansas City. We won one game, we were 1-10, and to sit there and watch everybody celebrate, there's nothing like it. I just sat there and enjoyed it.
Everything can look good in theory and in practice it all falls apart.
I'm a Raider for life.
When you're losing, crap happens.
When you're an undrafted guy, it's hard because... you're not going to have the first- or second-team reps all the time, obviously.
Everyone knows with a rookie, you're going to take lumps. Even with a first-, second-, third-year guy, you're going to take lumps until you gain that experience. But for me, it was nice to get out there and get the experience and do it. I'm a guy that has to do it.
My last two years at Fresno State were 100 percent no-huddle, and I love it. I'm very comfortable in it.
It makes you hungry every time you see another team celebrate a championship.
I had a whole bunch of things I knew I needed to work on from self-scouting. I knew on certain routes what I needed to do and ways to use my eyes and shoulders and manipulate coverage.
Once you're drafted there is no time to relax.
I believe God gave me talent to play this game, and I'd be sacrificing those gifts if I didn't give my best every single day.
Let's go fix problems that I have and let's do what I need to do to win championships.
I love Raider Nation. There's nothing like it.
If we win every game, that's all I care about.
The only predraft talk I listen to is the coaches and the GMs.
My brother told me when I came in the NFL, if they cut Peyton Manning, they're going to cut you someday too. That's always a realization for anybody in our livelihood.
It'd be an honor to play anywhere.
Faith, family and then football. Those are my priorities now.
At any moment, any second, my football career could be taken away, but my faith and relationship with God will never be taken from me.
People didn't question my knowledge, my throwing ability or athleticism; they questioned my ability to stand in and take a hit. So to be able to answer those questions on a week-to-week basis has been pretty cool.
When things are tough in training camp; when things are tough in season; when it's good, you don't want guys hitting too high or too low or depressed. It's just draining for everybody.
We don't want to be paper champs.
In the second year of a system it's easier to get through your progressions faster.
Too many times I see kids come up to me, especially at the high school age, and say, 'Man, it would be cool to play in the NFL just because of the money.' And I'm like, 'Oh my goodness, you are missing everything, because money is not going to make you happy.'
I don't give false claims any due.
We want to play fast.
I just want to win. I want to mess up the draft. I don't want the first pick.
The game has slowed down for me. It's so much easier than it was. I feel like I see things better, and I can take advantage of what I see.
If you see anything, you see I post a lot of Scriptures.
When I put my helmet on, I'm ultra competitive, talking trash.
I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.
Making false claims about somebody before you know them, and about a group of guys, that has no business in our world. If we're trying to promote peace and love, I don't think that has any place.
It's the same mindset I had in college. As long as I come in and work every day, it worked in college and I'm just going to continue to grind my tail off here in the NFL.
I got my process down, I got my way I go about things and I surround myself with good people around me and they've done a great job of protecting me.
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