A biography for Derrick Henryhasn’t been written yet.
“If you have dreams, chase them.”
“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.”
“If you believe it, you can achieve it and God will be there every step of the way. I am a living testament, man.”
“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 just think 24 is a good running back number.”
“We have a lot of pride for Yulee, and with the football team we can help show that.”
“The only thing you can worry about is what you can control.”
“As a running back, you always want to be physical.”
“There are a lot of kids who look up to me, and I want to do well.”
“I feel like hard work pushes you over the limit and makes you who you are.”
“I have my own path.”
“I'm just trying to play better every week.”
“There's always going to be adversity in life. I saw it growing up.”
“My approach is always the same against any defense.”
“I want to be a premier back in this league.”
“It's my job. I am just going in there trying to win games. But it is always fun when you are playing football.”
“I'm working hard day-by-day, every practice, working out after practice to be the best back I can.”
“God is so good, man.”
“I mean, I just try to run hard all four quarters.”
“In high school I carried the ball almost every play of the game.”