Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Amari Cooper - Page 2

I want to be the best receiver to ever play the game. I feel like I can do it. I know I have the ability to do it. But it's all about going out there and proving it.

I love Dak. He's a born leader from what I can see.

Everything was really competitive. We used to always do field day, relays. Races. I was always just naturally good at those things. So when I started playing football, I used some of those traits.

I know the college rule is if they push you out of bounds, you can come back in and catch the ball, but I think the NFL rule is it doesn't matter how you get out of bounds, you can't be the first one to touch the ball. That's what I think it is, I'm not really sure on that.

To be able to run routes, that's like the greatest thing to me. It's kind of like an art to me. It's like a painter drawing or something like that. That's how I feel every time I run a route.

I just have to protect the ball, keep it secure.

I think my mindset is probably the most important thing. Being able to stay positive through whatever injury I had or whatever situation I was going through and focusing on the best player and the best teammate I can be.

I thought you got faster by running on sleds. That does get you faster, but the most important thing when it comes to speed is getting your technique down. Technique, that's the main thing when it comes to speed.

I think a lot of games in Oakland were just time being wasted, for a lack of a better phrase. I felt like I would play in some games that were four quarters, just like every other game, but it didn't feel like I was doing anything. It just felt like I was out there.

We would always rush to do our homework because after work, we knew that it was football.

I feel like I know what defensive backs are going to do before they do it.

I just like everything about Dak.

I just want to get better and I love football.

I think I definitely have the mentality and skill set to be a top-five receiver, that's no doubt.

I've been hurt every year I played football.

No, I don't want to play with Tom Brady. I want to beat Tom Brady. I want to play with Dak Prescott.

When I found out I was going to be a Dallas Cowboy, I just knew I would have to adapt fast. I knew everything would happen real fast. I didn't really have time to think about it, to be honest.

When someone did a route, I was always able to emulate exactly how they did it.

I mean, I want to play, to be able to put up numbers to help my team win. Whatever I've got to do to do that, I'm cool with it.

Obviously, when you drop a ball early in the game, it could be worse. You can go on to drop many more balls or stuff like that.

The more opportunities you have in any setting, situation, you're going to be better off.

With my position, you have to kind of be three steps ahead of your opponent.

I just wanted to prove that I can play wide receiver at a high level.

I'm ready to just win, baby.

Obviously as a receiver, you want to go out there and make plays for your team and win.

I mean, I don't really remember playing a full season ever being 100 percent.

Most corners are similar in terms of how you can beat them.

The plantar fasciitis that I had before it really kinda bothered me when I directly cut on the foot.

If you see one negative person a lot of people start to get negative, and that's not good for any time.

I guess it's a good thing to do, but people go for 1,000 yards every year, so it's not really a big thing.

Really, you don't want to think about yards after the catch when the ball is in the air. You want to think about catching the ball. And then let the rest play its way out.

Some coaches and quarterbacks over-analyze things at times. Sometimes it can be pitch and catch, let the play-makers make plays.

Anytime I can get into a situation in which I'm running routes, I love it. I mean, I'd go out in the streets and just run some routes.

If you lose a fight with someone, you don't get revenge from fighting someone else.

When I got to Alabama, I was really small.

Coach Kiffin calls plays based on matchups and what he sees.

I'm kind of like a perfectionist when it comes to just having a complete game. So it's always kind of difficult for me to shake off a drop or something like that.

I mean, every player is hurt every year, so that's not really an excuse for everything.

I'm pretty good at playing with foot injuries.

My business is to come out here and play football.

I was always taught to be hungry and humble.

All the gifts and talents we have are from God, but they are also for God...for His glory and for His pleasure. Don't waste them, make great use of them and make Him proud.

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