Malik Willis Dolphins QB, going from Tennessee to Green Bay to Miami, earning his shot to lead the franchise, unique demeanor as a QB, bond with Coach Jeff Hafley, lessons from Matt Lafleur & why leadership isn’t always loud.

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Malik Willis doesn't have the demeanor of a rah rah leader. He's soft spoken, he's laid back, he's chill. But don't stay quiet for complacent because underneath it all, there's a true competitor. A man who's been learning life's lessons since high school. A receiver as a junior, a transfer as a senior, and he was recruited to Auburn really late, and then forced to transfer. He showed up to the NFL draft only to wait until the third round to hear his name called, and eventually he was traded from that team too. But every detour, every disappointment, every lesson learned, let him here, signing a big time deal to become the Miami Dolphins franchise quarterback. We talked about the reality that life isn't fair, how long it took for Malik to truly learn the quarterback position, what Green Bay taught him, and what it meant to go back to Tennessee and get a win. And then, the trust that Jeff Hafley has placed in him. This conversation just makes you feel good about people, about players, about second chances, and about people who lead the way Malik Willis does. Because Malik Willis is the kind of guy you just root for. And after this conversation, you'll understand why I say that. The Pivot Training Camp Tour makes its final stop in South Florida. So Pivot fam, please welcome Malik Willis as he joins me, Chan, and Freddie T for the last stop for The Pivot.
What's up, brother?

**Freddie Taylor** (2:23)
Hey, dog, what's going on? How you doing?

**Ryan Clark** (2:25)
He looks fast. What's happening, man?

**SPEAKER_6** (2:28)
Good to see you, boy. Chill demeanor, man.

**Ryan Clark** (2:30)
I ain't gonna lie.

**Channing Crowder** (2:31)
If I had calves like that, I'd actually wear shorts.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:35)
Those are fast people calves.

**Channing Crowder** (2:36)
Yeah, if I had calves like that, boy, I'd wear shorts.

**Freddie Taylor** (2:40)
I'm amazed they ain't put you at linebacker.

**Malik Willis** (2:41)
Man, that's what the linebackers be saying. So, you need to come over here with us. Yeah, man.

**Channing Crowder** (2:47)
Malik Willis, man, welcome to the show, starring quarterback, Miami Dolphins. It's Channing Crowder. It's just Fred Taylor, Ryan Clark, Pivot fam. Thank y'all for pivoting with us. I'm gonna get to it, man.
We have never, ever gone to a training camp, talked to a guy from a team, and have people universally say he's the nicest human I've ever met.

**Malik Willis** (3:10)
That's a good compliment.

**Channing Crowder** (3:11)
I mean, everybody we met from video staff to PR to coaches talk about how great of a human you are. So it brings me to the question that I ask as a parent. What are your parents like? Because anybody like that gotta be raised a certain way.

**Malik Willis** (3:25)
Yeah, they're the same way. I mean, you don't treat people different. We all got, you know what I mean, what you got. You are who you are. You gotta just hold that accountability to yourself to treat everybody different. I'm at the same way. I don't understand why you should treat somebody as making this one's money or this one's money a different way. We all people, at the end of the day, in all this fate, all this bread, you can't take it with you, all the people that know your name.
None of that matter, bro, at the end of the day.
Even when I talked to Leonard and them when they came, they was like, would you ever get in the media after? I'm like, no, bro. I don't care to be known. That's not why I do this. I do this, I have fun. I'm grateful for the ability God blessed me with. I come out here and try to use it. The brotherhood that we make in there, you change your family's lives, that's awesome, you know what I mean? But that ain't why I do it. That's cool, but I got enough, bro.

**Channing Crowder** (4:15)
So why do you do it? What is truly your why?

**Malik Willis** (4:18)
I like competing, bro. I like winning. I like going out there and I'm blessed with the ability to do something. Why not go do it? And do it at a high level, do it against the best in the world. That's literally what the NFL is, the best in the world. And that's why I like doing it. All the other stuff that come with it is cool, but I don't be wanting to take pictures and stuff.