Ain't no quitting in me.
— Derrick Henry
It's all about the team, the team, the team, the team.
I mean, I just felt like Alabama fit me the best. What Coach Saban preaches about it all the time and what his players represent, I wanted to be a part of that.
I love playing football.
It's exciting to come back home.
That's the attitude you have to have on defense. You have to want to hit. You have to want to be physical.
Records come and go.
I'm going to push and work hard every day.
I'm being respectful to my elders.
I'm a competitor and I love to compete.
I wouldn't say I'm unique. I'm just a running back trying to make plays.
We just gotta finish drives and be efficient on drives just so we can get touchdowns.
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'm trying to run through you. I'm trying to make you feel everything that I'm bringing. That's the mentality you have to have as a running back. The defense is trying to knock the mess out of you, and I'm trying to do the same.
I love the weight room, and I love working hard.
I love football, and I love practicing.
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.
My approach is always the same against any defense.
Whatever I have to do to help my team win. I don't care how many carries it is. As long as it's successful and we've got the ball, I'm all for it.
I love being around my teammates.
Life is not always laughs and giggles.
I mean, I just try to run hard all four quarters.
You've got to make the teams want to draft you.
I'm never really satisfied. But all I worry about it what I can control.
Nobody is going to outwork me.
Football is competition and that's what I love.
Anytime you got time to rest, it always helps.
God has blessed me tremendously.
I feel like the more carries I get, the more flow I get and just keep it rolling with me and the whole offense.
If you have dreams, chase them.
I don't get tired.
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'm working hard day-by-day, every practice, working out after practice to be the best back I can.
Anything you can do extra like be more focused, pay more attention to detail, be more fundamental, that leads to less mistakes.
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.
The more you're at Alabama, you grow as a person and as a player learning from great coaches and great men and just growing with your teammates.
I love competing.
I love getting the ball.
I don't really try to worry about what people talk about me.
The only thing you can worry about is what you can control.
I feel like hard work pushes you over the limit and makes you who you are.
I'm working hard every day.
Competition is nothing that scares me away from nowhere.
I don't model myself after anybody.
There are a lot of kids who look up to me, and I want to do well.
It's my job. I am just going in there trying to win games. But it is always fun when you are playing football.
Always pray; don't be afraid to pray.
You work hard, you'll be rewarded.
Always be about business and come prepared to work and work hard.
My main focus is to get positive yards.
