For me, the NFL was a little bit faster than college because you've got guys who played five, six, seven years and knew all the ins and out of the league.
— Derrick Henry
I just want to do my job very well. If I don't, I'm hard on myself. I just keep working until I get it right.
My teammates and my coaches, I can't thank them enough.
It's football, you know the locker room is going to change.
I always prepare like I'm a starter. Three-down back.
I have to be efficient and finish runs, run physical.
You've got to know the defense by watching film and by how you've been coached. And then when you approach it, you've got to be real physical. You've got to deliver the blow, not let the blow be delivered to you.
Man, you can have all of the talent in the world, but the hard work overrules that.
I love being home.
For people to want my jersey, I'm honored and blessed.
I think running the ball effectively is the key to winning games in the playoffs.
I want to be a premier back in this league.
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.
As the game goes on, I get better and I can see the defense getting tired. That gets me hyped.
Coming into Alabama from Florida, they all accepted me, they all loved me and all supported me.
I have a lot of love for Tennessee.
All I see is that grass and open field, and I just run like there's no tomorrow.
It's always fun when you're playing football.
We have a lot of pride for Yulee, and with the football team we can help show that.
God is so good, man.
I feel like as the game goes on, carry after carry, I get better and better.
I just have to start fast and be consistent in everything I do.
Earl Campbell, he's a beast. I got a chance to talk to him; he's a legend in my eyes. To be mentioned along his name is a dream come true.
In high school I carried the ball almost every play of the game.
It's never going to be perfect, but you're shooting for it. You're just trying to be the best at what you do. That's just how I always think.
That's part of growing up. You're away from home and you meet new people and adjust to new things. It's part of life.
I'm just glad people want to get my jersey.
I just go out there and play my game, man.
I have my own path.
I feel like you gotta stay humble and keep working hard, never get complacent or satisfied.
As a running back, you always want to be physical.
My goal every year is I always want to be better than the year before.
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.
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.
I'm just trying to play better every week.
From my coaches we've learned that you need to have a different work ethic to be different.
You got God on your side, anything is possible.
When your time comes, make plays.
There's a lot of things I can get better at as far as my footwork, being quicker, getting in and out of the hole, getting north and south.
I just think about running the ball and running down the field. I don't really worry about the miles.
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.
There's always going to be adversity in life. I saw it growing up.
I just think 24 is a good running back number.
I think in the playoffs you have to be able to run the ball to get to the Super Bowl.
I have to run hard, finish runs, and be ready.
In college, I loved Darren McFadden. Just the way he ran the ball.
I wanna be the greatest to ever play my position. One of the best to ever play the game. Hopefully, be a Hall of Famer.
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.
I am definitely hungry, not only to get better myself, but to win a Super Bowl.
I want to make sure I have something I can lean on after football.
