Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Derrick Henry

I'm just glad people want to get my jersey.

Coming into Alabama from Florida, they all accepted me, they all loved me and all supported me.

Anything to help the team win, I'm willing to do. Whether its 32 carries or 10 carries, I'm willing to do it.

I want to be a premier back in this league.

I am definitely hungry, not only to get better myself, but to win a Super Bowl.

You got God on your side, anything is possible.

I just go out there and play my game, man.

I'm a competitor and I love to compete.

There's a lot of things I can get better at as far as my footwork, being quicker, getting in and out of the hole, getting north and south.

I have to be efficient and finish runs, run physical.

I just think 24 is a good running back number.

God has blessed me tremendously.

It's never going to be perfect, but you're shooting for it. You're just trying to be the best at what you do. That's just how I always think.

From my coaches we've learned that you need to have a different work ethic to be different.

I just have to start fast and be consistent in everything I do.

I want to stay with the Tennessee Titans. They are the ones that took a chance on me - 31 teams passed on me on the draft and they selected me.

In high school I carried the ball almost every play of the game.

Earl Campbell, he's a beast. I got a chance to talk to him; he's a legend in my eyes. To be mentioned along his name is a dream come true.

Anything you can do extra like be more focused, pay more attention to detail, be more fundamental, that leads to less mistakes.

I just want to do my job very well. If I don't, I'm hard on myself. I just keep working until I get it right.

I think running the ball effectively is the key to winning games in the playoffs.

I'm working hard day-by-day, every practice, working out after practice to be the best back I can.

I feel like you gotta stay humble and keep working hard, never get complacent or satisfied.

Life is not always laughs and giggles.

It's always fun when you're playing football.

If you believe it, you can achieve it and God will be there every step of the way. I am a living testament, man.

I think in the playoffs you have to be able to run the ball to get to the Super Bowl.

I want to make sure I have something I can lean on after football.

I just appreciate my team, appreciate my coaches, appreciate everybody involved, from my coaches, my teammates, the training staff... people in the kitchen at the facility, people who clean the building.

I actually met Adrian Peterson in high school. I look up to AP a lot. He's a great running back and we all know what he can do. That's definitely someone you want to model yourself after, especially at the running back position. He's a great one.

I have a lot of love for Tennessee.

Everybody always asks me about carries, what I thought about it, how I felt, but when you got teammates like that who love you and care for you, it don't matter how you feel or how bad it hurts, you've got to make sure you're making those guys happy by helping them win, getting a victory.

You've got to know the defense by watching film and by how you've been coached. And then when you approach it, you've got to be real physical. You've got to deliver the blow, not let the blow be delivered to you.

In college, I loved Darren McFadden. Just the way he ran the ball.

As the game goes on, I get better and I can see the defense getting tired. That gets me hyped.

For me, the NFL was a little bit faster than college because you've got guys who played five, six, seven years and knew all the ins and out of the league.

For people to want my jersey, I'm honored and blessed.

That's part of growing up. You're away from home and you meet new people and adjust to new things. It's part of life.

When your time comes, make plays.

I love being home.

We have a lot of pride for Yulee, and with the football team we can help show that.

My main focus is to get positive yards.

I'm just trying to play better every week.

You control your own destiny. You go out there and work hard and show people that you come to work and earn your respect. All you can control is how you go out there and perform every day.

I feel like hard work pushes you over the limit and makes you who you are.

When you work hard, it's definitely going to show. That's why with any athlete, we have struggles, and we have adversity, but as long as you work hard and keep your head down, you will always prevail.

I have my own path.

I just think about running the ball and running down the field. I don't really worry about the miles.

I feel like as the game goes on, carry after carry, I get better and better.

All I see is that grass and open field, and I just run like there's no tomorrow.

It's football, you know the locker room is going to change.

There's always going to be adversity in life. I saw it growing up.

I have to run hard, finish runs, and be ready.

I wanna be the greatest to ever play my position. One of the best to ever play the game. Hopefully, be a Hall of Famer.

God is so good, man.

Man, you can have all of the talent in the world, but the hard work overrules that.

As a running back, you always want to be physical.

My teammates and my coaches, I can't thank them enough.

My goal every year is I always want to be better than the year before.

I always prepare like I'm a starter. Three-down back.