Quotes

It doesn't matter who you are in this league: You're always trying to have a bigger role. Anybody who said they weren't trying to do that would be lying.

You have to have a great offensive line, great quarterback and guys around you that believe in you and help you.

There's a lot of guys out there that can play at this level, and sometimes they might be discouraged because they come from a small school or a tough situation.

I think there's a lot of people that still don't believe in me, and obviously, I love proving people wrong and helping the football team win games any possible way I can.

I think when you're not in the NFL or when you're early in your career, you don't understand how hard guys work, especially the guys that play a long time and are successful.

There is no better feeling than coming into a tough environment and winning.

For me, Thursday night football is a great time for me to enjoy the game with my family, as I'm not able to watch as much on Sundays.

As a competitor, when you have a bad play, all you want is to get the ball again and get going.

I feel like I've proven that I can be a starter in this league, and I want to be respected in that way.

Being able to put the film out there that I did and prove that I can be a starter in this league, it's put me in a good situation.

You have a little more time to make moves when you're in the slot.

Whatever play is called, I go run the route.

I have a lot of confidence. I'm a competitor.

It's frustrating when you don't feel like you help the team like you should, but at the end of the day there's going to be ups and downs and it's how you react.

For me there is so many factors in football, that's why it's the greatest team game. There are so many things that lead into having success, just like when you have a ton of success and when you have no success, it's not just you.

That's something you work on Day 1. You never stop your route.

That's probably the biggest difference from a hamstring to different injuries. You can play through pain with other injuries. But as I found out quickly with a hamstring, if you're feeling any pain, eventually, it's not going to work.

I don't really care what people think about me or the color of my skin. I'm just playing football.

I'm the kind of person who always has a Plan B. I don't want to go into anything without another option.

Defenses usually are trying to take away the guys who are getting a lot of catches earlier in the season.

Just because you're drafted, No. 1, doesn't mean you're going to make a team and, No. 2, it doesn't mean you're going to be around a long time. Especially at receiver, where there are only five and the last two have to play a lot of special teams or they're gone.

I was pretty realistic about my chances of being drafted.

We actually had a toilet on the sideline in college. We had like a little mini-toilet; we'd go and flush it.

I thought I was better at basketball, but obviously people didn't think so. But I loved them equally, whether it be baseball season, basketball, football, golf, I liked them equally.

In high school I just loved to compete and play sports. I didn't have a sport that I was going to say, 'Hey, I'm going to play this at the next level.' Whatever my best opportunity was was what I was going to do.