Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Christian McCaffrey - Page 2

I'm always trying to be the most complete back I can be.

Back in the day, a lot of running backs used to be 230 pounds, ground and pound the ball right up the middle. One thing I pride myself is being able to do what those guys do, as well.

Losing sucks.

There are certain things that people love to do, and they can't really explain it. That's me and football. The game gives me hope. It lets me be myself.

It sucks when you lose.

One of my big passions in the offseason, or just when I get time off in general, is playing music, and I've been fortunate to be around people who are a lot more talented than I am.

A lot of times, I got confused for a kicker. And I've been compared to every white player in the NFL.

I wake up around 8 A.M., which isn't too bad at all. I usually try to get to bed at 10 or 10:30. For a while I tried to see how my recovery was with just eight hours of sleep. And sometimes, that can be fine. But I like getting nine or more hours. I feel like I can wake up on my own if I've gotten nine hours.

You see how powerful some of the things you say and you do can be on people, especially young people.

Earned success is the key to a positive, happy life.

You can put in all the plays in the world, but if a guy is not executing it's not going to work.

One of the main reasons I went to Stanford was to run in a pro-style offense and show I can run between the tackles 25 to 30 times consistently.

When they take you with the eighth pick, I don't want to say pressure, but you've got a lot of people counting on you.

Obviously, teams start wearing down. But that's kind of when you thrive, when the other team starts to get tired.

If I have the worst season in the world, the best season in the world, whatever. If I'm playing football, I'm happy, and no one can take that away from me.

My training is very specific to my sport, so it's a lot of fast, explosive movements. It's very pertinent to exactly what I do on the football field, which is fast burst in short spaces.

It takes all 11 on the field doing their job correctly to make it all happen.

I mean, at the end of the day, I just want to win.

You have a lot of individual goals, I think everybody does.

All the great players you ask always expect greatness.

I can be a receiver.

Football is a very instinctual game, and it's very fast-paced.

I love Mac Miller. I'm a big Drake fan. I love Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley.

I play with a chip on my shoulder always, I feel like people don't always give me credit for my skills and talents and that's just the way it is. I also don't care too much, I don't feel like I'm crazy disrespected. I have a chip on my shoulder at all times.

You've got to be able to adapt to your environment.

Maybe at some level, even at an early age, without ever being aware of it, I was reacting to something. To people judging me based on how I looked instead of what I could do.

The less I think about meals and everything else, the more I can focus on my sport, and the better I play.

I keep myself sane with stuff that's fun and not physical.

I used to get so upset when my parents took away my phone and then I realized it's because they wanted the best for me and my brothers. I have a whole new appreciation for how they raised us.

Two hours before I start training, I like to eat a good breakfast.

A win's a win.

I think you can get better at everything. That's in football. That's in life.

I'd be happy to play for anybody.

You can always get better.

I train every single day.

I probably have the most versatile playlist in the world, from country to rap to classic rock to classical.

We all see color. We do. And anyone who says he doesn't see color is confused or isn't telling the truth. Except... and I know how this sounds, but I can't remember any point in my life where I saw other people and thought of their color.

Winning is the most important thing. You want to focus on the game and the team.

Yeah, I worked with a chef when I first got into the league. We did all my blood work and found out exactly what I'm sensitive to, what I'm deficient in, what my body needs. I had to cut out a lot of things - chicken, tuna, wheat, and soy.

My childhood neighbor played piano, and he told me we'd get all the girls if I learned how to play-and I was probably in eighth grade, going into high school, so I said, 'Sign me up.'