Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Kyler Murray

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American footballer Kyler Murray.
Last updated on November 5, 2024.
Kyler Murray

Kyler Cole Murray is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Following a stint with Texas A&M, Murray played college football at Oklahoma, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a junior. Murray was selected first overall by the Cardinals in the 2019 NFL Draft. He was also selected ninth overall by the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 2018 draft, making him the first player to be drafted in the first round of both sports.

I was never taught to lose or take losing.
I played baseball, football, basketball my whole life growing up.
As far as my personal confidence, do I believe I'm one of the best in the league? Yeah, of course. — © Kyler Murray
As far as my personal confidence, do I believe I'm one of the best in the league? Yeah, of course.
I'm a confident guy.
There's not a lot of short quarterbacks in the league, but I think there's more guys paving the way for the transition of not really caring about how big you are, how tall you are.
I've got this silver necklace and silver cross that my mom got me that I always wear during games. I don't know if it's superstition as much as it's the fact I wouldn't even feel right not wearing it.
As far as being accurate goes, I think you either are or you aren't. I don't think you can really become accurate.
When you play quarterback your whole life, you're kind of taught to sit in the pocket. If you want to get out of there quick, you probably shouldn't play quarterback.
I stand for what's right. That's the bottom line. I call it like I see it.
I've always dreamed of being a professional athlete.
It didn't matter what it was. I was always making bold statements at school. Ever since I've always had a passion for clothes, shoes and that type of stuff.
For me, all I can do is come in, get better each and every day.
Kicking field goals is frustrating to me. — © Kyler Murray
Kicking field goals is frustrating to me.
I've always been a level-headed guy.
My generation, we're so diverse in so many ways.
I'm used to winning.
Ever since I started playing football, just trying to make a play.
Nobody has ever had to get me ready for a game.
You don't want to be represented the wrong way for doing stuff or saying the wrong stuff.
It's never bad to have options.
Obviously, in football you can study somebody, but at the same time, once you get out there, I think there's just a natural kind of feel for where you think guys might be or where they're going to go and knowing beforehand what's going to happen. It's just like chess.
I can throw a football all day and my arm doesn't get tired. If I throw a baseball more than a certain amount of time, it's going to get a little sore.
I always thought I'd end up at a small school and have to play my way up to what I thought I could be. But no, I've always had confidence in myself. That was never a thing. It was just whether or not colleges or coaches felt that way about myself.
I just love sports: basketball, baseball, football. As a kid I did it all. But in my heart, I'm a football player. There's nothing like it. It's what I live for. Ever since I could walk, I've been drawn to it.
I just hope everybody knows I never quit.
I am who I am. Chip on my shoulder? I was just born with the mentality to go win.
I obviously understand how to lose but always want to win.
I think anybody should be confident in themselves.
It's about showing the kids from your city that you are worth believing in. It's about being the man your family prayed you'd be.
The night I got drafted to the A's, obviously it was a great day of my life, but I've been a football player my whole life.
Whatever I see, I trust my eyes, trust my reads, trust the guys running routes and kind of just let it go.
For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.
I feel like we bring in a lot of money to the universities. We put in a lot of work. Some guys don't have enough money to bring their families to the games... so I feel like athletes should be compensated for it.
School was my sanctuary.
Yeah, my first season playing varsity, that was probably the last season I got nervous for. I was kind of nervous for that one.
I don't play to be mediocre.
I never wanted to be mediocre at anything.
My mom's my best friend. — © Kyler Murray
My mom's my best friend.
I live, breathe and eat football.
I'm not a fan of Stillwater.
I've had a lot of accolades throughout my career, but that hasn't really changed me. I know that comes with the winning.
Obviously, when you win, good things happen.
If we win, a lot of guys are going to be noticed. That's my main focus is winning at the end of the day. If guys get recognized, they get recognized. It's obviously a great deal individually, but I'm trying to win.
Growing up, I had a lot of family members who worked in the Dallas Independent School District, and they shared stories firsthand with me about kids stepping into the cafeteria hungry before practice, or waiting for the school building to open the next morning just so they could get a meal.
No matter the circumstances, just keep battling and keep battling.
I've always been one of the smallest, if not the smallest guy on the football field.
I love the game of football so every time I step on the field I'm going to do me. I'm going to go hard for the guys in the locker room.
I'm not the biggest guy. — © Kyler Murray
I'm not the biggest guy.
When you prepare for something, it's hard to be nervous.
I mean, I miss basketball. I didn't get to play basketball as much as I may have wanted to, but yeah, I miss baseball for sure.
I'm always open to doing things.
Punting the ball is really frustrating to me.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect to have success on the baseball field and the football field.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a quiet guy.
Just having the opportunity to play baseball and football at a major D-I level is a great opportunity.
All of the great teams that I've been a part of, we're holding each other accountable if somebody is doing something wrong you call them out, you let them know. There's no hard feelings, it's all love at the end of the day.
Christmas time, you're at home with your friends and your parents. You sit down around the table and just play Scrabble. It's a fun game for me.
A lot of people say that you go to the outfield and just run and go get a ball, but it's still not that easy.
If I would have chose baseball, I think I would be missing the hell out of football a lot more. For me, I wish I could do both.
It's not enough to just not be racist. You've got to be anti-racist. You've got to hold everybody accountable.
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