“If you’re going to talk stuff and try to take me out, I’m coming at you. Cleanly and fairly, but I’m coming."

"Guys ask me, ‘Why are you always smiling?’ Are you kidding? I’m in the NFL, that’s why!"

"Defensive backs are always trying to kill me, so I’m trying to get them first."

"My hope is to be the best complete receiver in the game today."

"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."

"It’s well known that I play aggressively. When I’m not doing that, I’m not doing my job."

"I can really say that I’m a pretty good receiver and came a long way."

"I want to be the guy who catches the game-winning touchdown."

"My whole life I’ve been trying to prove people wrong. I ended up beating everything."

"My mom used to tell me, ‘I live every day of my life for you.’ I understand that now. The older I get, the more I understand."

"I went into Pepi’s and they offered me a Roethlisburger. But they said it’s no good without Hines on it!"

"Everything I do is for my mom. Every time I step out there and try to get better, it’s for her."

"I grew up kind of fast. I had a lot of responsibilities—cleaning the house, going to school on my own, making good grades on my own."

"I think fans cling to me because I’m a blue-collar guy in a blue-collar city."

"People really appreciate the way I play."

"I’m not the prototype wide receiver. But I like to think I’m one hell of a football player."

"I was a lost child. I wasn't accepted in the black community because I was Korean, and I wasn't accepted in the Korean community because I was black."

"Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, Bobby Bowden were in our living room. My mom didn't know who they were!"

"I wanted to finish my career as a Steeler. I felt I just fit the mold as far as a blue-collar guy. I may not be the flashiest, most flamboyant wide receiver out there. But I get the job done for my team."