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.
— Myles Garrett
When I'm traveling for away games, I'm reading.
I'm not really a swagger guy.
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 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.
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.
Boxing is kind of like football in that you test each other's desire to be there.
I feel I'm athletically superior to most of the guys I go against.
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 want the single-season sack record.
I'm just gonna make plays and bring a good atmosphere to your organization.
Make sure, if you're willing to say something, that you worked hard enough and prepared well enough to back those things up.
It doesn't matter who picks me up, I'm going to try and be a franchise player for them.
I'm a Peyton Manning fan.
Sometimes you have to stutter step; sometimes you have to spin inside. You have to run some games.
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.
You have to have some fun playing this game.
More people should stand up and not be afraid to do things that mean something to them.
I can never get tired of helping people.
If I'm not the best D-lineman, it's not good enough for me.
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.
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 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.
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.
You'll see me everywhere, inside, outside. Only place you won't see me is maybe safety.
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.
I want to be dominant from day one.
I gotta win. Winning is just not enough. I have to do my best.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I just like to have fun on the field and make plays and have fun with my teammates.
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.
I'm trying to be better every single day.
I grew up with Ray Charles playing in the car all the time or playing in the house.
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.
I won't take bullcrap from anybody.
I want to be the greatest. The greatest that ever played, regardless of position or era.
'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.
From the very beginning, I wanted to be the best, whether it was sports or poetry.
You just gotta back up your words. Don't be scared from it, or don't shy from it.
One person can't win games.
You play because you love it, not because you can make money from it.
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.
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.
I'm too competitive to try and ride on somebody's coattails to get a W.
