Top 297 Receiver Quotes & Sayings

I think I'm the best receiver in the NFL. I do.

I can be a receiver.

The creative musician ... is ... the radio receiver, not the broadcasting station. His personal discipline is to improve the quality of the components, the transistors, the speakers, the alloys in the receiver itself, but never to concern himself overmuch with putting out the program. The program is there; all he has to do is receive it as far as possible.

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe

You need a name.” I covered the receiver for a moment. “We need a team name.” “Hunters,” Raphael said. “Valiant Knights of the Fur,” Dali said. “Justice Group,” Jim said. “Since Justice League is taken.” “Fools.” Doolittle shook his head. “Fools,” I said into the receiver.

I want to be known as a solid all-around receiver that's fast, not a fast guy that plays receiver.

Davante Adams is a great receiver.

I think that's when a good receiver becomes a great receiver. If you know what's going on with the defense, you play faster. If you don't know what's going on, your timing will be off and you're not going to make plays.

I love when people think I'm not a good receiver.

That receiver was as wide open as Annabel Chong.

My game, I just want to be a complete receiver.

You need to understand the receiver and the offense you're facing that week. Know his tendencies and what routes he runs out of what formations. This will help you understand the concepts of what the receiver is going to give you on a given play, and make you that much better defending him.

In ninth grade, I played wide receiver.

I got hands just like a wide receiver.

When I'm recording, which is synonymous with writing, I'll play things over and over again until it sounds like I've got the right guitar part. Whereas I think, as the much younger player I tended to do things much more consciously. I didn't wait for the moment where inspiration might strike. That's what I do now. I wait for it to naturally start to replay itself in my mind. As I say, I don't force it. So I like to think of myself as a receiver. I'm a telephone line to who knows where, but until I hear it through that receiver, I don't usually do it. It's got to start writing itself somehow.

Questions are like gifts - it's the thought behind them that the receiver really feels. We have to know the receiver to give the right gift and to ask the right question. Generic gifts and questions are all right, but personal gifts and questions feel better.

E-mail importance is defined by the receiver, not the sender.

I kinda wanted to play receiver more.

It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.

The two biggest things to understand when you're tracking the ball as a defensive back is your position on the field and understanding that once the ball is in the air you become the receiver. Too many young defensive backs worry about the receiver catching it or what the receiver is doing instead of focusing on what they should be doing. Just go out and make the play yourself, don't worry about him. Know where the ball is and attack it. Put yourself in position to bat it or catch it and make the play.

I'm a white wide receiver and that's revolutionary.

The chemistry between a quarterback and a receiver is almost like a dance.

I have a big problem with scouts. There's a standard for a receiver-you have to have a certain size, run a certain speed, and what not. I disagree with that. You can have a lot of heart, a lot of passion for the game, and be a great receiver. Everyone's looking for that prototype guy, and it shouldn't be that way.

Would you rather have a good fullback or a good third receiver? I'll take the receiver.

It's always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession receiver.

I was making sure everyone knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that's what happens. I appreciate that he knows that now.

I think I proved that I was a polished receiver.

Compare the credit for a football touchdown, which might be shared by the receiver not only with the quarterback, but also with the linesmen who make crucial protective plays, etc. The success of the touchdown play depends on the receiver, it is true; but in a particular case it might depend far more on the work of others.

I feel like whatever team drafts me I'd fit into because they're going to get the best receiver in the draft. Regardless of if they really need a receiver early or not, the way I'm going to come in and work, they're going to get the guy they hoped they drafted and be excited about it.

In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.

The Raiders took me fourth overall because they had a certain need, and that was for me to come in and play man-to-man, bump-and-run all day, to guard the best receiver. You understand your job going in, so that's what you focus on. Would I have liked to play receiver and go both ways? Yep, would have loved to have done that.

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

You can't be a tight end and just be viewed as a receiver.

I believe that I'm a complete receiver all-around.

"It's better to give than to receive." Let me put this as elegantly as possible: "What a crock!" That statement is total hogwash, and in case you haven't noticed, it's usually propagated by people and groups who want you to give and them to receive. The whole idea is ludicrous. What's better, hot or cold, big or small, left or right, in or out? Giving and receiving are two sides of the same coin. Whoever decided that it is better to give than to receive was simply bad at math. For every giver their must be a receiver, and for every receiver there must be a giver.

You need to just understand where the ball is and how to use your body. Timing your jump the right way is crucial. Learn how to use your body to shield the receiver and box him out, again, much like a rebound. Trying to beat a receiver to a ball can be a lot like you're posting him up. Rebounding is great practice because you can employ those skills - body position, leverage, timing - a lot more than you might in a football game or practice if the quarterback doesn't look your way.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.

No teams have asked me to play wide receiver.

You never know what you're going to get as a receiver.

It would have been a lot of fun as a receiver to play.

Every gift requires two freedoms: the giver's and the receiver's.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

In certain systems, receivers are just an X receiver or a Z receiver, and they just have to learn this route on this play.

I want to be known as a solid all-around receiver thats fast, not a fast guy that plays receiver.

I was just hoping I'd be drafted in the first round. So to be able to be the first receiver, that was a big pride thing. I can always say now that I was the first receiver taken in my class.

I played quarterback, safety and receiver.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.

My favorite receiver of all time? You can't pick a favorite receiver.

I can be a receiver, a cornerback, a safety and quarterback-I can play everything.

I think I'm the best wide receiver in the NFL.

I was a big receiver when I played in the NFL.

For every giver there must be a receiver, and for every receiver there must be a giver.

If I wasn't boxing I'd be a wide receiver or a running back for the Giants.

I love the physical part of the game. But I wanted to be a receiver, not just a big guy playing receiver.

I pray that Jimmy Graham passes as a wide receiver. Because at the end of the day, if he passes as a wide receiver, that's better for the rest of the tight ends. He will have opened up a door, a pathway for the rest of the group.

I'm a physical receiver, yet I can run and move like someone who is 5-8 or 5-9.

Intuition is like a radio station.. No, intuition is more like a radio receiver and it can receive different stations. This radio receiver serves different functions, it serves your spirituality which is the development of your soul. It serves your physical survival.

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