Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Myles Garrett

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Myles Garrett.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Myles Garrett

Myles Lorenz Garrett is an American football defensive end for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M, where he received unanimous All-American honors in 2016, and was selected first overall by the Browns in the 2017 NFL Draft. Garrett has been named to three Pro Bowls and two first-team All-Pros during his NFL career.

You'll see me everywhere, inside, outside. Only place you won't see me is maybe safety.
Make sure, if you're willing to say something, that you worked hard enough and prepared well enough to back those things up.
I'm too competitive to try and ride on somebody's coattails to get a W. — © Myles Garrett
I'm too competitive to try and ride on somebody's coattails to get a W.
I want the single-season sack record.
Whoever picks me up, I'm going to try and play my best for, to be the best player on the field at any given time.
Regardless of whether I'm sitting on the bench or out there participating, I'm going to give my all whatever I'm doing.
I didn't know how this would play out when I was a kid. I knew I wanted to play ball, be a paleontologist, and write poetry. I thought, 'Heck, where will I find the time? Well, football comes first, and I'll just find some time for poetry, and paleontology can come at the end.' I made this plan at 14, and dang, it's all coming together.
You have to have some fun playing this game.
Some athletes take what we have for granted. They kind of feel, 'I'm here, and I earned this, so people who are not on this level should just give me what I want and move out the way.'
I'm trying to be better every single day.
I won't take bullcrap from anybody.
I just like to have fun on the field and make plays and have fun with my teammates.
I love making the big play. I love being out there with my teammates. I love the camaraderie. I can't say I always love practice. But it's a means to an end.
I've already said I like the Cowboys because that's my hometown team. Everybody knows you're going to like your hometown team. — © Myles Garrett
I've already said I like the Cowboys because that's my hometown team. Everybody knows you're going to like your hometown team.
I feel like everybody's on the same level. Nobody's done anything more important than any other. People have gifts in other areas. You weren't blessed with them; they were blessed with them.
It doesn't matter if it's preseason or a scrimmage. I'm trying to have a dominant performance, whether it's preseason first series or whenever I get out there.
I want to take care of my family for generations. I want to have my head turned into a bust in the Hall of Fame.
I'm going to stay respectful. The team comes first. I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize them or myself, so I'll just make sure I speak lightly and carry a big stick.
You want to get the sack, but you want to get the forced fumble and the fumble recovery. And if you get the touchdown, that's the cherry on top. But you're looking for those three always.
People might say, 'They're this; they're that,' or I made a comment on cold weather, and they kind of pointed towards Cleveland with that. It doesn't matter to me. I'll play wherever they put me.
I don't want anybody to be like me. By the end of my career, I don't want to hear talk of another Myles Garrett.
I don't want to have to be taken out because I'm tired or I need a breather.
I want to be the best. The only thing holding me back is me.
Knowing that guys are out there improving and trying to take it to that next level, that gives me fire to improve my play and work on these little things that can keep me from dominating a game.
When I'm sitting in my hotel room, I'm reading. If I've got some time after class, I'm reading. If I can get away with it while I'm doing treatment, I'm reading.
You play because you love it, not because you can make money from it.
I want to be the greatest. The greatest that ever played, regardless of position or era.
Sometimes you have to stutter step; sometimes you have to spin inside. You have to run some games.
It's kind of hard with two moves. I feel like you can't always be so predictable. You can be as strong or fast as you want, but speed-chop and power move aren't always going to work.
Everything has a right to live.
I'm a Peyton Manning fan.
You just gotta back up your words. Don't be scared from it, or don't shy from it.
I grew up with Ray Charles playing in the car all the time or playing in the house.
From the very beginning, I wanted to be the best, whether it was sports or poetry.
I gotta win. Winning is just not enough. I have to do my best.
You want to be Defensive Player of the Year.
I feel I'm athletically superior to most of the guys I go against.
After the whistle, during the whistle. Guys try to sneak stuff in. I just have to be uncompliant with stuff like that. Guys feel they can get away with stuff. I have to just try to not get back at him but make sure I finish through him during the whistle and not do anything that can jeopardize the team or that series of downs.
I'm not really a swagger guy. — © Myles Garrett
I'm not really a swagger guy.
Boxing is kind of like football in that you test each other's desire to be there.
I'm going to love whatever team and organization that I'm a part of.
I want to be more than prepared for the game, for the preseason, for the season.
I want to be the greatest player who has ever been at my position, the greatest player who has ever played.
It doesn't matter who picks me up, I'm going to try and be a franchise player for them.
One person can't win games.
You have to know what you're doing to help people and have an important stance in life. You can only do that by staying focused, and I can't lose focus for a second.
I want to be dominant from day one.
Just to see how much time is consumed looking down at your phone when you could be reading, becoming better at your own language, or learning a new language - you could be doing so many productive things. You could becoming a better student-athlete.
I can never get tired of helping people. — © Myles Garrett
I can never get tired of helping people.
If you go in there with a mindset that you're gonna turn things around and make that contagious, and people start to believe in it, you can turn into a winning program wherever you go.
When I'm traveling for away games, I'm reading.
When I'm doing sports, I don't feel anything at all. I enjoy the moment. It's a safe haven. But once you try to let someone inside your soul, you become vulnerable. You have to be comfortable in your own skin. I don't open myself up like that to a lot of people. It takes courage.
'Faithfully' speaks to me. It's about a guy who's busy with his work, always on the road, but I'm still completely into you. If you just hold on, I'll completely give myself to you. Just stick along for the ride.
I'm just gonna make plays and bring a good atmosphere to your organization.
More people should stand up and not be afraid to do things that mean something to them.
You played 'Snake' on it. That's what we had a cell phone for, when my mother would let us use it. When you had it, you set it down at the table, you set it down in the other room, we ate, and you enjoyed your time with your family.
I'm always going to be passionate about the guys we have in the locker room because they've always been OK with me - they've always done right by me - so I have no problem playing with them, going out there and sweating, bleeding, and winning with them.
If there's the opportunity to turn things around, that's what great players do. They don't complain or become complacent with losing. They just go back to work every day and try to turn things around and make wherever they are a great place to be.
I can give it my all and make plays and dominate my side of the field, but it takes all 11 guys with a certain thought process that we're going to go out there, and we're going to win.
If I'm not the best D-lineman, it's not good enough for me.
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