Tonight, the great running back from the Alabama Crimson Tide Derrick Henry was selected as the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner. The following are 10 Leadership Quotes from his acceptance speech.
I have also included 10 additional leadership quotes regarding the two other finalists, Christian McCaffrey and Deshaun Watson, from ESPN’s broadcast leading up to the announcement.
- “He (Deshaun Watson) is the only player from an undefeated team and won games in the clutch.” – Lee Corso
- “Deshaun never met a moment too big for him.” – Chris Fowler
- “I just want to thank the doctors from Emory for blessing her with another tongue.” – Watson on his mother’s successful fight with tongue cancer
- “She (mom) always told me to keep God first.” – Watson
- “First time I met him (I knew he was special). In 10th grade he was different than every other kid in camp.” – Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney
- “When your greatest players are the most committed…everything else rises with that.” – Swinney
- “As good a player as he is, he is 10X better as a young man.” – Swinney
- “You can do anything at Clemson…You can come to Clemson and achieve anything.” – Swinney
- “The biggest thing about Christian is his mentality.” – Stanford head coach David Shaw
- “His toughness is infectious.”- Shaw
- “I want to thank God for bringing me here…He’s been so good to me in my life.”
- “My mom, my best friend.”
- “My dad, my #1 fan.”
- “Every game I played, he (dad) was always loud.”
- “Coming in to Alabama from Florida, they always accepted me.”
- “The man (Head Coach Nick Saban) who believed in me.”
- “Everyday I come to the facility, I know I’m going to be challenged.”
- “I thank you for letting me grow as a person and a student.”
- “God is everything. Always keep God first. Always pray. Always chase your dream. If you believe it you can achieve it.”
- “Keep God first. Always pray and always chase your dream.”
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