Malik Willis on Faith: "Jesus Had It Way Harder"
The Dolphins quarterback spoke with CBS Sports after beating the Jets 28-25 and put his faith above the scoreboard.
Malik Willis, quarterback for the Dolphins, spoke with CBS Sports on October 25, 2026, after the 28-25 win over the Jets. The Christian Post picked up the interview. His answer had little to do with tactics and a lot to do with conviction.
He was asked what kept the sideline level in the second half of the team's first win of the season. Reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala called that stretch rough terrain. Miami had gone into halftime up 21-7 and then was outscored 18-7.
Rooted, Not Rigid
Willis answered that he tried to push positivity and that he stays rooted in his faith: "Jesus had it way harder than me" (Sígueme translation).
«A faith that doesn't change with the scoreboard works the same whether the result goes your way or not.»
Think about that for a second. He has just won his first game of the year, and his argument for staying calm is that someone had it worse. That's not a throwaway line. It's a hierarchy.
Willis is 27 and came into the league in the third round of the 2022 draft, picked by the Tennessee Titans. None of that explains a conviction. What stands out is the consistency: the same idea shows up in a college interview, in a farewell message and on a microphone after a win.
I like that phrase because it disarms the logic of the locker room, where value is measured in rings, contracts and headlines. He doesn't deny competition; he puts it in its place.
What He Posts When Nobody Asks
His faith doesn't show up only in front of the cameras. On his X account, the bio proclaims God's glory next to a praying-hands emoji, and the pinned post, from September 24, 2017, explains that the acronym he uses means giving thanks to God for everything. According to The Christian Post, every post he has made on that platform since June 2023 mentions religion in some way.
The most recent one, from March 9, said goodbye to the Packers and closed with a reference to Matthew 6:33-34. The passage says: "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you" (Matthew 6:33, ESV).
On December 28, 2025, a day after a Green Bay loss to Baltimore, he wrote that the glory belonged to God in victory and in defeat. A faith that doesn't change with the scoreboard works the same whether the result goes your way or not.
A Guy Who Wants to Get Better Every Day
In a 2021 interview, when he was playing at Liberty University, he said he felt blessed to have that ability and that platform to bring people closer to God, and that this is why we are on earth.
He also talked about the team's Bible studies. Winning is fun and you can glorify God there too, he said, but growing together and getting closer to God as a group seemed far more valuable to him.
Neither Willis nor anyone else becomes a model of faith because of one good quote. What someone says in public is tested against Scripture, and God judges the rest. Still, there is something worth copying: talking about Christ when the camera is on and when it's off.
The next time you win something, whether it's an exam, a job or a game, notice the first thing you talk about: that's where you can see where you get your worth. This week, you can type a sentence into your phone that you would say the same whether you win or lose, and read it out loud before the result comes in. It's not about pretending the scoreboard doesn't matter, but about knowing who is in charge when the scoreboard changes.
