Derrick Henry Quotes

Derrick Henry

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 4, 1994

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

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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.

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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.

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I'm working hard every day.

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You've just got to deliver the first blow. In football, you're going to get hit. Don't let someone deliver the hit to you. You've got to deliver the hit to them.

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

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

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

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Life is not always laughs and giggles.

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

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Ain't no quitting in me.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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I have a lot of love for Tennessee.

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

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

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