Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by DeAndre Hopkins - Page 2

My second tattoo was a pirate ship on my arm. My friends and I, you know, we all called ourselves pirates, you know, so we felt like, you know,we was the pirates of the Caribbean around the way.

I don't play for nobody else but my teammates and my family. That's it.

Luckily, I had a guy like Andre Johnson to show me the ropes. He's had many quarterbacks in his career and he still had a successful career. Just having a guy like that to tell me to control what I can control, that's really all you can do.

My mother got the courage to speak to hundreds of people about her story. I knew if she could do it I could do it, too.

You're either a champion or you're not a champion.

Social media, it's the best thing since TV.

My mom has always put everyone before herself and sacrificed things unimaginable.

I just go out there and try to make plays.

It means a lot to be Pro Bowl. There's a lot of people who vote and they watch football a lot.

When you're young, stay active no matter what you do, and look up to positive role models.

Clothes that make people look twice, that's what makes me feel good - where it is something that I know is unique and different.

Sometimes I get a lot of stuff, being in Houston, being in a conservative place, and wearing weird stuff that I wear. People don't get it sometimes. I like it.

For receivers... it's a lot about timing, having chemistry with your quarterback to be successful and having a guy that you work with over the course of years.

Where I'm from in South Carolina a lot of my friends, a lot of my family members have locks, what we call them. So, you know, it's more of a way of life, where we from, not a hairstyle. We really don't care to have it neat or you know too pretty it's just you know grow your hair. And I wash my hair everyday too.

I don't bash people in the media, like other people.

I just don't want to get a tattoo just to have a tattoo.

I can only control what happens day to day and that's me coming out here and doing my job to the best I can.

I think I want to be remembered by is working hard. That's it. And I'm pretty sure, my teammates, that's what they'll say about me. You know, Hop is competitive.

I have multiple friends on other teams who after a game, they'll tell me the game plan... part of the game plan is to stop you. It's a respect factor.

There's always room for improvement in my game.

Little obstacles, if they don't go my way, I really don't even get down. I've been through so much.

Any injury is tough, and it is a little bit tougher when it is the hand that you have to catch with, but it is football man. I wouldn't have it any other way.

My name is all I have, so I don't want that to be messed up from a game of football.

I'm a receiver. I'm not a bodybuilder.

You can't sugarcoat why Kaep is not playing in the NFL. This dude played in the Super Bowl.

Part of being a player is trying to affect the community you're in and helping people. If there's one kid I can help, I feel like I did my job.

It's always a challenge to try to get a championship.

My family stuck together.

I don't really worry about what the defense is trying to scheme to do against me. It really doesn't matter.

I run at least five miles a day, just long distance.

Oh, you know, your legacy's all you're gonna be remembered by.

I honestly don't judge myself personally. I judge everything based off of my team, what my team is doing.

Running hills, I try to follow the Jerry Rice routine.

Actions always speak louder than words, especially when they're peaceful actions.

My mom made sure all her kids went to college.

Anytime we lose a game, you can't point the fingers at the guy that everybody wants to point the finger at because it's not just him. It's 10 other guys on the football field that need to help him out, including myself.

When you grow up how I grew up - with nothing - anything that you have is a lot.

A lot of credit to my teammates and my coaches for pushing me and helping me.

Always that's a goal with everybody who plays a pro sport is to get stronger and faster and work on things that you lack.

Houston has always showed me love. The city has been there to support me.