All the small things matter. Communication. It doesn't matter what you are doing. You have to be on the same page.
Amari Cooper
When you're the underdog, you just lay low and work.
I thought you got faster by running on sleds. That does get you faster, but the most important thing when it comes to speed is getting your technique down. Technique, that's the main thing when it comes to speed.
I overheard one of my friends say, 'If Amari scores, I bet he's real happy and he'll get real excited.' I just so happened to score, and since I heard him say that, I was like, 'Nah, I'm not going to get really excited.' And for some reason, that felt like the right thing to do. I been the same way since.
I can stretch the defense.
I try to come out every day in the summer and work my hardest because I know consistency will lead to success.
No, I don't want to play with Tom Brady. I want to beat Tom Brady. I want to play with Dak Prescott.
I think a lot of games in Oakland were just time being wasted, for a lack of a better phrase. I felt like I would play in some games that were four quarters, just like every other game, but it didn't feel like I was doing anything. It just felt like I was out there.
I think my mindset is probably the most important thing. Being able to stay positive through whatever injury I had or whatever situation I was going through and focusing on the best player and the best teammate I can be.
A lot of guys go through ups and downs in their careers, and sometimes those downs are like horrific and they can really change you. A lot. And so when you go out there and do something like score a touchdown and have a good game, you appreciate it so much more when you've been through those valleys in life.
Just the aura of being a Dallas Cowboy, you can't beat it.
I want to be the best receiver to ever play the game. I feel like I can do it. I know I have the ability to do it. But it's all about going out there and proving it.
I've been hurt every year I played football.
Is it worth a million dollars more a year or two million dollars more a year, especially if you're taking care of your money investment-wise, is it worth that two being in an environment that you don't want to be in?
Obviously, you want to score every game, but you just have to be patient.
I don't really care who I play for. I just want to play ball.
I knew if I got an offer from Alabama, that's where I wanted to go... just because I liked what they stood for. I liked that they were winning.
I think I proved that I was a polished receiver.
Obviously, if you go to the playoffs you have an opportunity to go to the Super Bowl.
I love being a Dallas Cowboy. I love everything about it. I think about it every day.
I want to be a Cowboy for life.
When I got to Alabama, I was really small.
I like to be moved around a lot because the defense can never know or expect me to be in just one place. They can't really key on me. I can be freed up.
When you do something, you want to be the best.
When I found out I was going to be a Dallas Cowboy, I just knew I would have to adapt fast. I knew everything would happen real fast. I didn't really have time to think about it, to be honest.
I mean, I want to play, to be able to put up numbers to help my team win. Whatever I've got to do to do that, I'm cool with it.
Growing up, every team that I've played on, I was a pretty important piece to the team.
You never want to put yourself in that position where you don't control your own destiny.
I guess it's a good thing to do, but people go for 1,000 yards every year, so it's not really a big thing.
Most of the balls that I've dropped have been from a result of trying to run before I actually catch the ball. It's frustrating. I just have to go and fix them.
I just have to protect the ball, keep it secure.
I don't really have a shell. I'm really not as quiet as people think I am. I'm really not that quiet. But I don't know, I would say I'm more observant.
I respect every NFL team because it was a dream I've had since I was a little kid.
If you're a highly touted free agent, you're going to get paid a lot of money no matter where you go.
I had 1,000 yards when I played on plantar fasciitis before.
Coach Kiffin calls plays based on matchups and what he sees.
To be able to run routes, that's like the greatest thing to me. It's kind of like an art to me. It's like a painter drawing or something like that. That's how I feel every time I run a route.
Talk about a foot injury, you can't release how you want to, you can't come out of your breaks how you want to.
The plantar fasciitis that I had before it really kinda bothered me when I directly cut on the foot.
Obviously, when you drop a ball early in the game, it could be worse. You can go on to drop many more balls or stuff like that.
Sometimes you can line up with a quarterback after getting traded or going to a new team, whether it's the draft or whatever, and it not go smooth.
I played with a lot of foot injuries.
If you just look at the numbers, you pretty much have to get 10 wins to get into the playoffs, sometimes more than that.
I really don't like talking about the contract. I feel like it's one of those things that will naturally happen.
Yeah, I just handle my business.
I like the way Michael Crabtree plays the game. He's strong, he goes up for the ball, he has that mentality to just make plays.
Michael Irvin, he's definitely a legend, but I don't know if some of the guys my age and younger really know about him.
I don't look at it like I've had a lot of success. I'm always hungry to do more, break records, and things of that sort.
Just keep being me, just keep doing me, stay true to who I am and the ball will find me.
Anytime that anyone can create some explosive plays, get first downs, we're going to have more plays on offense.
