--- title: "4 Derrick Brooks Quotes - Famous American football player (The Rose That Blossomed from the Prison Yard)" description: "Derrick Dewan Brooks is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for his entire 14-year career in the National Football Leag..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-derrick-brooks-28896.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Derrick Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-derrick-brooks-28896.jpg) # Derrick Brooks (1973) American Football Player **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Derrick Brooks is an American football player, best known for *The Rose That Blossomed from the Prison Yard*. ## Quick Facts About Derrick Brooks Born April 18, 1973 Profession American Football Player Notable works The Rose That Blossomed from the Prison Yard ## About Derrick Brooks Derrick Dewan Brooks is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for his entire 14-year career in the National Football League (NFL) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brooks played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning consensus All-American honors twice. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the first round of the 1995 NFL draft. An 11-time Pro Bowl selection and five-time first-team All-Pro, Brooks was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002 en route to winning the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016. ## Quotes by Derrick Brooks > [As an athlete you've got to watch your hydration and your nutrition, and use the right kinds of fuel to help you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-brooks/as-an-athlete-you-ve-got-to-watch-your-hydration-and-your-nutrition/) [Derrick Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-brooks/) [Athlete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athlete/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/derrick-brooks-69768_athlete_as-an-athlete-you-ve-got-to-watch-your-h_581978.jpg) > [I always felt like I was challenged, I was never satisfied, and I looked forward to the challenge. From studying high school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-brooks/i-always-felt-like-i-was-challenged-i-was-never-satisfied-and-i/) [Derrick Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-brooks/) [Challenged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenged/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/derrick-brooks-69768_challenges_i-always-felt-like-i-was-challenged-i-wa_1072149.jpg) > [You can pick any game and there are two or three plays that determine whether you win or lose, going either way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-brooks/you-can-pick-any-game-and-there-are-two-or-three-plays-that-determine/) [Derrick Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-brooks/) [Determine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/derrick-brooks-69768_determine_you-can-pick-any-game-and-there-are-two_1960478.jpg) > [Every rep that you take off, somebody else gets another look. That's just how I am. It's not a matter of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-brooks/every-rep-that-you-take-off-somebody-else-gets-another-look-that-s/) [Derrick Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-brooks/) [Be confident](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-confident/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/derrick-brooks-69768_be-confident_every-rep-that-you-take-off-somebody-els_3231481.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "Derrick Brooks Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As an athlete you've got to watch your hydration and your nutrition, and use the right kinds of fuel to help you perform your best.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Derrick Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-brooks/as-an-athlete-you-ve-got-to-watch-your-hydration-and-your-nutrition/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/derrick-brooks-69768_athlete_as-an-athlete-you-ve-got-to-watch-your-h_581978.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/derrick-brooks-69768_athlete_as-an-athlete-you-ve-got-to-watch-your-h_581978.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/derrick-brooks-69768_athlete_as-an-athlete-you-ve-got-to-watch-your-h_581978.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As an athlete you've got to watch your hydration and your nutrition, and use the right kinds of fuel to help…” — Derrick Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always felt like I was challenged, I was never satisfied, and I looked forward to the challenge. 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