Top 66 Christian McCaffrey Quotes

You’ve got to be able to adapt to your environment.

For the guys who feel like they are glued to one position or one sport, don’t do it man, do whatever you want to do.

The league is shifting. It’s becoming a smaller league, way more speed-dominant. So you’re seeing more backs like me who can run between the tackles, pass-protect, catch and become matchup nightmares. You also have more receivers who are getting jet sweeps, doing different things with the ball in their hands.

I stopped worrying about how other people define me a little bit ago. I used to care a lot. Now I just don’t care that much. Really, what I’m worried about is, am I being the best me I can be?

I’m someone who believes in having motivation at all times, win or lose, individual awards.

If I’m not playing football, I’m preparing to play football. That’s kind of how I kind of view my life.

I’ve always tried to be a complete athlete and not limit myself to one position or one sport. It really helped mold my whole football game.

My training is very specific to my sport, so it’s a lot of fast, explosive movements. It’s very pertinent to exactly what I do on the football field, which is fast burst in short spaces.

A win’s a win.

I think when you’re running through a hole and you’re hit in certain, different ways, you have to be able to move and change and make people miss.

Earned success is the key to a positive, happy life.

My childhood neighbor played piano, and he told me we’d get all the girls if I learned how to play-and I was probably in eighth grade, going into high school, so I said, ‘Sign me up.’

Something I really pride myself on is not just being a running back that can catch the ball but if I move out to the slot, I become a receiver.

I really try to pride myself on route running, catching and being able to be a mismatch anywhere on the field.

Winning is the most important thing. You want to focus on the game and the team.

I probably have the most versatile playlist in the world, from country to rap to classic rock to classical.

You’ve got to let the game come to you. You can’t press.

Football is a very instinctual game, and it’s very fast-paced.

I would definitely like the ball as much as possible… That’s why I train.

Some of my best childhood memories are of watching Terrell Davis with my dad. I used to hang out when I was, like, 4 and 5 years old and play Power Rangers in the locker room with him and Shannon Sharpe and Rod Smith. And I loved Terrell. He was awesome.

When you read about white athletes these days and white skill possession receivers specifically, one word you’ll always find is tough. You’ll rarely see explosive, athletic, stuff like that.

People do the eye test and underestimate me, so I do play with a chip on my shoulder.

I think if you can be as versatile as you can be, you’ll be the best player you can be.

Most schools, the football players are kind of the kings in school.

I’m just so blessed to be a Carolina Panther. I can’t wait to grind every single day for that organization, team, fans and for everybody there. I’m blessed to be a Carolina Panther.

Pretty surreal experience to see the impact football has had globally.

One of the main reasons I went to Stanford was to run in a pro-style offense and show I can run between the tackles 25 to 30 times consistently.

Yeah, I worked with a chef when I first got into the league. We did all my blood work and found out exactly what I’m sensitive to, what I’m deficient in, what my body needs. I had to cut out a lot of things – chicken, tuna, wheat, and soy.

I train every single day.

I can be a receiver.

I don’t care if I get no carries and just play special teams. I’m there to try to win football games and help that team win.

I play for my teammates.

I wake up around 8 A.M., which isn’t too bad at all. I usually try to get to bed at 10 or 10:30. For a while I tried to see how my recovery was with just eight hours of sleep. And sometimes, that can be fine. But I like getting nine or more hours. I feel like I can wake up on my own if I’ve gotten nine hours.

We’re here to win football games, so whatever that means, whatever that takes, that’s what we’re going to do.

One of my big passions in the offseason, or just when I get time off in general, is playing music, and I’ve been fortunate to be around people who are a lot more talented than I am.

I love Mac Miller. I’m a big Drake fan. I love Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley.

I used to have a potbelly pig named Terrance. He died of obesity.

Losing sucks.

It’s a constant progression, and as long as you’re constantly striving to be better, you’re headed in the right direction.

I play with a chip on my shoulder always, I feel like people don’t always give me credit for my skills and talents and that’s just the way it is. I also don’t care too much, I don’t feel like I’m crazy disrespected. I have a chip on my shoulder at all times.

Wherever they put me I’ll do anything a team needs me to do.

Obviously, teams start wearing down. But that’s kind of when you thrive, when the other team starts to get tired.

Every great team has multiple backs. Very few times do you have just one back.

You can always get bigger, faster, stronger. I don’t have any choice. I have to.

Maybe at some level, even at an early age, without ever being aware of it, I was reacting to something. To people judging me based on how I looked instead of what I could do.

We all see color. We do. And anyone who says he doesn’t see color is confused or isn’t telling the truth. Except… and I know how this sounds, but I can’t remember any point in my life where I saw other people and thought of their color.

A lot of times, I got confused for a kicker. And I’ve been compared to every white player in the NFL.

There is not some secret formula, it comes down to completing passes, being efficient on first and second down and making plays when the ball is in your hands.

I mean, at the end of the day, I just want to win.

Great players always play with a chip on their shoulder no matter if they have a reason to or not.

I’m always trying to be the most complete back I can be.

Yeah, I’ve got quick thumbs.

I’d be happy to play for anybody.

I think you can get better at everything. That’s in football. That’s in life.

I am beyond blessed and humbled to be named the Paul Hornung Award winner.

If they need me to have 25 carries and eight catches a game, whatever they need me to do, I’m ready to go. Or if they need me to have eight carries and six catches but play the whole game and pass protect and help shifts on the D-ends, I’m ready to go.

The goal every offseason is just to get as fast as you can, stay healthy.

I keep myself sane with stuff that’s fun and not physical.

The best players try to not slow down when they put the pads on.

The secret behind success isn’t as much of a secret as people think. It’s pretty simple. It’s working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

You can never satisfy other people, I learned. End of the day, it’s extremely important that you know yourself better than anybody else, and if you can do that, it doesn’t matter what anybody thinks about you, good or bad.

Never get comfortable.

The football field, I’d definitely say that’s my safe place.

It’s a team game. Not every game is going to be an all-star game.

You see how powerful some of the things you say and you do can be on people, especially young people.

I got lucky that they throw me the ball a lot and it’s my job to make those catches.