Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

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.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

Any time you're in a maze there's multiple ways to get to the end.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

If I die and you remember me as an athlete, I failed at life.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

There aren't many children's books about black characters that are just going on adventures. My library has over 2,000 children's books in it, and most of the protagonists are either white or creatures.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I'm looking like Atlas, not Professor Klump.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I don't want to inspire the next generation of tight ends or linebackers to play the game. If I could inspire the next generation of architects and technology leaders and writers and illustrators and film directors, then I feel like I have fulfilled my life purpose.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I'd never worked for anyone else until I got to the NFL, and this will be my last time working for someone else.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

Willy Wonka's like my Michael Jordan.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I think coding is gonna become the blue collar work of the future.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I recognized from a young age that I wasn't a football player; I played football.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

There was plays where I had to do certain things, but I wouldn't even know who caught the ball because I was so focused on getting my job done.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

Black boys shouldn't have to feel that being good at sports is the only way to be cool - or to be valued by the world.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I don't make many mental mistakes. Yeah, I'm smarter than I look.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

A lot of players act one way with teammates, one way with reporters, another way for fans, another for their friends. I'm just me all the time. I'm normal. Everyone else in the NFL is weird.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

With your imagination, you can go anywhere or do anything, anything is possible.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I'm just comfortable in front of the camera. I'm like the male Oprah.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

My mind is like a theme park, because it's fun and there's lots of cool stuff and you can take rides.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I don't always answer bird calls, but, when I do, they're from Tom Brady and Gronk.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

I love to read because I know that for a long time ancestors weren't allowed to. I love to write. Because for a long time my people weren't 'allowed' to. So I'm going to write my books, my apps and tell my stories.

Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett

If you play sports, use sports. So many of our kids get used by the game and then get nothing out of it. Use it as a tool to open up other doors that you want to open in life.