A biography for Martellus Bennetthasn’t been written yet.
“For some reason as a kid being a smart athlete didn't seem like the right thing, because you didn't fit in. You didn't want to be too smart because you'd be a nerd. But then you didn't want to be too dumb either because then you didn't get the grades you needed to play.”
“As young black boys in Alief, Texas, my friends and I often spent afternoons imagining ourselves scoring the game-winning touchdown at the end of the Super Bowl.”
“Don't put yourself in a box. Become anything that you want to be.”
“Nothing good happens after 11. If you can't get a date before 11 o'clock, you need to go home and you need to work on yourself.”
“I'm the same way with the media as I am to everyone else.”
“I like art, photography, film - all that creativity.”
“I don't make many mental mistakes. Yeah, I'm smarter than I look.”
“With your imagination, you can go anywhere or do anything, anything is possible.”
“I've always been interested in creating things for kids.”
“I was banned from IHOP. Not all IHOPs, just the one on Highway 6 by my house where I grew up.”
“I just wanted everybody to know that I'm not fat. I'm trying to get an eight pack.”
“I'm very, very weird.”
“I'm trying to build a Disney. Not only as a creator, but also be able to create universes where then that content can go into toys, and live on multimedia platforms, whether it's apps, books, movies, cartoons. It's like building a whole world, which takes a lot of money.”
“I want to live a life full of purpose and intention. Sometimes when we play sports and athletics you can lose your purpose.”
“I thought Willy Wonka was brilliant. He had all kinds of candy. Who doesn't like chocolate and candies? Everybody wanted a Gobstopper. I just think he's brilliant.”
“Bill Nye the Science Guy' was awesome.”
“I believe happiness breeds success and not the other way around.”
“I have about 3,500 books, maybe more.”
“Playing with my brother on the Patriots would have been amazing, but at the same time I feel like my work as a creator is more important.”
“When you look at me see the father, the awesome dad, the author, film director, business owner, champion, friend, Hufflepuff beast.”