Top 35 Adrian Peterson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I love my son more than any of you can imagine.”

— Adrian Peterson

2. “Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of No Way.”

— Adrian Peterson

3. “I try to be open with everybody, try to make everybody feel welcome and make them feel like, hey, I’m an easy person to talk to, get along with.”

— Adrian Peterson

4. “I dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.”

— Adrian Peterson

5. “I remember my mistakes more than my success.”

— Adrian Peterson

6. “My dad means a lot to me. He’s the one who put a football in my hands.”

— Adrian Peterson

7. “With trials, you become wiser. You learn more about yourself and the people surrounding you. Me personally, I’ve never been the type of person to judge anyone over wrongdoing, no matter what it is. I’m just not a judgmental person.”

— Adrian Peterson

8. “Seafood was always my favorite food. I mean, fried lobster? Come on. Once I found out shrimp, scallops and lobster were my allergic triggers, I had to change my diet.”

— Adrian Peterson

9. “I’m looking forward to getting back on the field, it’s what I love to do.”

— Adrian Peterson

10. “I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.”

— Adrian Peterson

11. “Jesus Christ – He means the world to me. So many different situations I’ve been through, through my childhood and now my adulthood; I lost my brother at a young age. He got hit by a car right in front of me. I had to be strong for my mom.”

— Adrian Peterson

12. “I’m really not vocal and expressive, but I’m starting to get more comfortable to open up.”

— Adrian Peterson

13. “Thankfully, I’m lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream. I’ve got to have my cookies and cream! But I work out a lot, so I burn a lot of calories.”

— Adrian Peterson

14. “It feels good to give back to the people who support you.”

— Adrian Peterson

15. “The physical part has a lot to do with the mental part.”

— Adrian Peterson

16. “If you don’t think that you’re the best, how do you become the best?”

— Adrian Peterson

17. “I can catch the ball. You’ve got to throw it to me.”

— Adrian Peterson

18. “People say I’m injury-prone but that’s definitely not true.”

— Adrian Peterson

19. “It’s modern-day slavery.”

— Adrian Peterson

20. “I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That’s how you turn a team around.”

— Adrian Peterson

21. “I know that many people disagree with the way I disciplined my child. I also understand after meeting with a psychologist that there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.”

— Adrian Peterson

22. “I have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that’s when you’re going to get hurt. So I play relentless.”

— Adrian Peterson

23. “I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.”

— Adrian Peterson

24. “I want to help my team get to the playoffs, win, and run wild.”

— Adrian Peterson

25. “I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.”

— Adrian Peterson

26. “I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me; I’m using football.”

— Adrian Peterson

27. “I want to be the best player to ever play this game.”

— Adrian Peterson

28. “I definitely run up right, and I’ve got pretty good speed.”

— Adrian Peterson

29. “When I go out on the field, I just put it in my mind that I’m playing for my family.”

— Adrian Peterson

30. “I’ve been running like this since I was seven.”

— Adrian Peterson

31. “I try to eat a lot of baked foods, fish, chicken, potatoes, stuff like that. Grab me a Muscle Milk. That helps.”

— Adrian Peterson

32. “The first two months were painful and they really tested my manhood because there were times I didn’t want to get up because I was in pain. That willpower has to kick in.”

— Adrian Peterson

33. “I want to win four or five championship rings. That’s how I dream. I dream big.”

— Adrian Peterson

34. “I want people to come to the game to see what I will do next.”

— Adrian Peterson

35. “I’m pretty sure I could outrun the whole Dallas Cowboys team.”

— Adrian Peterson

36. “I like to bless people and do things without the world knowing about it, because I’m not in it for the glory. I do it because it comes from my heart. As long as I keep doing that, I’m satisfied.”

— Adrian Peterson

37. “When I’m out, maybe I’m looking at the fried chicken, but I know I need to order the grilled. But I’m still from the country. I love my fried food and my neck bones and all that, too.”

— Adrian Peterson