Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Julio Jones

We practice throughout the week throwing jump balls, throwing fades, throwing all these little things. But when the game comes, you never know what's going to come up.

If anybody is considering retirement. I'm all for it. You've got to live your life. I can't live your life for you.

So many people are going to always remember what you do and how you make them feel instead of you telling them this and telling them that. That's why I like to go out and show the work ethic and how I am as a teammate. That's how you become great.

I wouldn't be the person I am today without Roddy White. He's helped teach me how to be a man.

When I first got to the NFL, I didn't see no double coverage at all. I was getting single coverage. I was killing it. Then they were, 'all right, this guy can play and we have to double this guy.' Since probably like the 11th or 12th game my rookie year, I started to get double-teamed.

People are always going to talk down or bad about you. You can't let that stuff determine what kind of player I am going to be.

Me, personally, I don't really care about as far as being the highest-paid receiver, man. It's a number.

My thing is, going into a game, it's a team game. It's just not me.

We are just going to keep putting the work in and just wait until it pays off.

You can never play a perfect game.

I've been dealing with injuries my whole life, so it takes a different type of guy to go out there and play injured and know something's wrong.

At the end of the day, I just want to win football games.

I was going to go to Auburn but I just didn't like Auburn. They left a bad taste in my mouth.

I've got to keep showing up every day and putting in work.

It's all about winning matchups.

The biggest challenge for me was all the rumors you heard before you get to the NFL. You know, just hearing guys won't help you. They'll turn your back on you, they'll tell you the wrong plays, everything like that.

I got to go out there and make plays when they are presented to me.

I don't think about yardage.

You are always going to have critics.

I don't need preseason to get ready.

Our main focus is to score when we get in the red zone - not field goals.

Just every year, every day, I just try to better myself. What can I do better to make it easier for me and my teammates?

I know my teammates got me, and they know I've got them.

Like I said, I'm a professional; I don't want to hurt myself nor the team.

We can't get bored. We have to prepare like we're playing the best team in the NFL.

You should never put another man in front of you and say he's better than you.

I just go out there and just do what I'm told to do.

I have no weaknesses. I have no weaknesses at all.

People talk about my work ethic sometimes more than my playing ability, which is nice.

Ric, I feel like he hasn't changed up for no one. He's been the same since Day 1, since he was in the limelight as a pro wrestler. Even now, just his mentality and who he is: Find who you are and just be that. He's always being him. That's what I admire the most about Ric Flair.

I try to get better every day, and I think the hard work has helped turn me into a better person and not someone who would get a big head.

I like Quintorris. It means 'Gladiator.'

I got to go out there and catch the ball, be more of a deep threat.

I'm supposed to catch everything.

I have great relationships with a lot of guys around the league.

Every day I come to work, and I work on everything. Whether it's across the middle, in the backfield, running deep routes. Whatever the case may be.

As far as practice, I get those mental reps. I don't have to physically be out there. It's just a mindset and a mentality.

They gave up a lot for me and they know how hard I work. They're not going to let me go. And I love Atlanta, I love being here.

It's football - you're going to get banged up.

I'm going to do what I can to give back to Tuscaloosa because they've been there for me from the start.

Every receiver should feel that he's the best. It's all about confidence.

I already know Cover 3, Cover 2, everything else. But it's a lot of times, defenses try to take you away and they do certain things that you wouldn't be ready for.

I feel like I am the best receiver in the league.

You can have all the talent in the world, but it's the ability to go out there every day and try to get better. And that's the key to being successful and being successful for a long time.

I feel like I'm capable of doing anything and everything. I just got to come to work every day.

A lot of times, people need to vent to people and know that what they're telling you is not going to be shared with anyone else. Or they know you're going to give them 'the real.' Just being truthful to them when they're right, they're right, and when they're wrong, they're wrong.

I'm not a selfish guy, I'm not a stats guy.

Whatever the defense gives us, we're going to take it.

I don't get like when people say Josh Norman is tough. Don't get me wrong, he's a good player.

I'm never frustrated. I create a stress-free environment. Everything I do, I'm never stressed about nothing. I'm mentally strong. I never let anything get to me. I just think stuff through. I'm a deep thinker.

We gotta execute, and our guys have to be on the same page and play 100 percent.

It's one of those things when you're down in the red area, a lot of teams double me. Two-man, guys sit underneath me, so I can't really slant. They have a safety kind of cheated out, as far as the fade balls and things like that. But when we get our opportunities, we've got to make people pay.

I'm always willing to learn.

I feel like if you have the time to give somebody, listen to their problems.

I'm just trying to be the best teammate.

When you step on the field, you should feel that you're the best, you and whoever your partner is.

I don't have an offseason workout regimen. I don't lift weights. I don't run. I don't do anything. I let my body rest. I just eat good. I actually eat great.

I'm just trying to play. My thing is to play ball.

I'm not going to put myself in a situation to hurt the team.

You're going to get little nagging injuries here and there from the game.