“I look for every edge I can get. I’ll do anything not to be a failure.”

“I’ve got all the tools—I just don’t have the height.”

“I need to be the guy who makes the big plays.”

“I’m having fun on the field—just being out there playing and having the opportunity to live out your dreams. I’m just having fun. Sometimes it may look like I’m mad, but I’m just so fired up.”

“I’m strong enough to take the hits, but I don’t take any hits at all, so it doesn’t matter.”

“I had to wait to get my opportunity, and when my number was called I had to answer.”

“Once I get in the end zone, it’s going to be a two- or three-second party.”

“You always dream—especially being a receiver—about making that great catch.”

“I take football very personal.”

“Every time I touch the ball, I can break it at any moment.”

“My size hasn’t hindered me yet.”

“I want to play well, walk on the street well, and just be me.”

“The NFL is fun on Sundays, especially when you win. If I can continue to help my team win, the sky’s the limit.”

“I’m not a suit-and-tie guy.”

“I’m going to play how I play. If that hurts somebody’s feelings or makes them think less of me, then whatever.”

“It brings a smile to my face and makes me snicker sometimes when I know the ball is coming to me, and the corner has no clue what I’m doing.”

“If somebody says something to me, I’m not going to sit there and say nothing.”

“I want to prove something every day.”

“I have been in games that have dragged on and on—but the Super Bowl happened so fast!”

“I’m not the prototype wide receiver—I wasn’t coming out of college, and I’m still not.”

“I won’t sit here and act like I’ve got this sad story—I was one of millions of people out there struggling, and I was lucky, I was fortunate.”

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