A biography for Martellus Bennetthasn’t been written yet.
“I believe in dreaming.”
“I think coding is gonna become the blue collar work of the future.”
“I'm trying to build something that lasts forever. If it's tied to my legacy as an athlete, then when I'm gone, it will have no momentum or can't keep selling.”
“I recognized from a young age that I wasn't a football player; I played football.”
“First and foremost, I am a husband and a father, which is a full-time job.”
“I feel like there are not a lot of us, in terms of African American owners or creators. I'm trying to get kids and communities to think not just about playing for the team, but owning the team. You don't always have to be the worker bee.”
“I'm trying to be the best dad ever. And being a husband is a whole other business itself.”
“The way we have been programmed and conditioned to think about the black kid being an athlete, it's like every young black boy people would see say 'what sport do you play?' instead of just asking 'what do you do?' 'What are you interested in?'”
“A lot of times when you're around really, really smart people, you don't really understand them.”
“I want to be so far removed from the idea that it's like, 'Oh, right, he won a Super Bowl.' Football is only a small part of your life.”
“What if Macauley Culkin were black in 'Home Alone?' Most people would write it differently... but I would write it the same way.”
“When I won the Super Bowl I thought I was going to be, like, extremely happy. But then I really just felt like, 'Well, this is it?' I felt like I got bamboozled.”
“If I'm not with my family or playing football then I'm usually in my office writing and drawing.”
“A lot of people hate winners.”
“I'm like always smiling but I'm superaggressive. I have like a different type of chip on my shoulder.”
“I'm not building gyms. I'm not interested in building football fields or doing football camps. I'm interested in doing film camps and coding camps.”
“Why does everyone always assume the quarterback is the leader?”
“As far as I can remember, I was always with my dad. He exemplified what it means to make sacrifices for your family.”
“Playing in the NFL isn't really - and shouldn't have to be - every black boy's dream. But black boys don't always know that their dreams off the field matter.”
“Dr. Seuss said, 'No one can be you-er than you,' and Oscar Wilde said, 'Be yourself because everyone else is taken.' So I just try to continue to be who I am and don't change that. And I'm a little chameleon, so I can fit in wherever I am.”