I would describe my style as refreshing.
DeAndre Hopkins
Repetition makes perfect.
My motto is I'm going to go out and work every day no matter who is here. It's a mentality that I always play with since I've been playing football.
I've been eating honey since I was young. I've been putting it on everything. I put it on fried chicken, put it on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I put it on my cereal. What else do I put honey on? I put honey on my face. Man, honey is the essential item to life.
I feel like if they put the ball in the air, it's my ball. It's either a PI or it's my ball.
This is something I haven't told many people, because it's embarrassing. We always used to catch flies with our hands. I was the only one who could catch 'em. One-handed, two-handed. I actually studied flies. I'd watch 'em. How do you catch flies? They fly up. If I can catch that, I can catch anything.
When you're young, stay active no matter what you do, and look up to positive role models.
I'm always picturing her, whenever I make a catch, her reaction. And sometimes, when I drop a ball, I'm like, 'Darn it. I let my mama down.'
One-on-one, I feel like I can't be covered, man.
I'm thinking about getting a little dog. I'm thinking about getting a little yorkie, so I can have like a manbag. I can put my dog in my manbag.
With my mentality, I'm one-on-one, I'm going to win. No matter who's out there, I don't really care.
My mom made sure all her kids went to college.
I like quarter-cut pants that show my ankles. I don't like baggy stuff.
Actions always speak louder than words, especially when they're peaceful actions.
I definitely feel like I'm underrated.
There's always room for improvement in my game.
A lot of the people I know, they don't train like that. They do a lot of quick stuff, just speed drills. But I run long distance. I've always been like that, though, even when I was in high school. That's just how I train myself.
When you got a chance to speak out about something, I feel like you should, and a lot of people will follow you around the country.
Little obstacles, if they don't go my way, I really don't even get down. I've been through so much.
I feel like I've got so many angels around me, it's like I'm going to be protected no matter what.
I try to be best at everything I do.
Part of being a player is trying to affect the community you're in and helping people. If there's one kid I can help, I feel like I did my job.
I don't believe stuff should be made for the perfect model. I think that's where we go wrong right now in this day and age: We make stuff that's not realistic. I always told myself, if I ever did a fashion show, I'm not going to have models. I'm going to have regular-sized women.
My mother got the courage to speak to hundreds of people about her story. I knew if she could do it I could do it, too.
I didn't want to play anywhere else but Houston, honestly.
I can only control what happens day to day and that's me coming out here and doing my job to the best I can.
Sometimes I get a lot of stuff, being in Houston, being in a conservative place, and wearing weird stuff that I wear. People don't get it sometimes. I like it.
Any injury is tough, and it is a little bit tougher when it is the hand that you have to catch with, but it is football man. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Houston has always showed me love. The city has been there to support me.
When you grow up how I grew up - with nothing - anything that you have is a lot.
There's a lot of things I can get better at as an individual, knowing where defenders are, having a better awareness. Those are things I can work on.
I play football for a living. That's my job, that's what I love doing.
I tore ligaments in my shoulder completely off the bone.
A guy like Darrelle Revis has been in the NFL a long time. They study tendencies. They know what you're doing from the way you line up. When you run a route, you almost have to be perfect at it. You can't slip. Timing has to be perfect with the quarterback going against a smart guy like him.
You can't sugarcoat why Kaep is not playing in the NFL. This dude played in the Super Bowl.
Anytime we lose a game, you can't point the fingers at the guy that everybody wants to point the finger at because it's not just him. It's 10 other guys on the football field that need to help him out, including myself.
I'm from South Carolina. I'm from a real cultured state, where there's still racism daily. Still, places are segregated.
I just want to be treated for what I'm worth. That's fair to say, right?
My mom used to make sure we stayed dressed nice going to church. And when you're young, and people compliment you, you want to keep that feeling. You want to keep that vibe, that energy. Because it makes you feel good. And then clothes make you feel good too.
I want to design women's clothes just as much as men's clothes.
I always knew I took care of more than myself from a young age. People depended on me.
Every time we step on the field, we want to score. If we don't, then we're disappointed. We don't settle for three.
I played defense in high school, so when the ball's in the air I feel like it's mine. No matter who it is or the situation, I feel like I've got to come down with the ball or at least knock it away.
When the ball is up in the air for a rebound you always have to be on your toes to go up for the ball. It's the same situation in football as a receiver; I'm always trying to get the ball at the highest point like a rebound.
I've played with at least 10 quarterbacks.
If anybody should be a judge of quarterbacks, I've played with the most quarterbacks in NFL history throughout my first four years.
When you bring in two wide receivers, it makes everybody say, 'OK, all right, there's a little more competition in this room,' which is good.
I've wanted to put myself in that position to be the best wide receiver in the NFL, and I definitely think I'm putting my foot forward to make that claim.
I work hard.
I think I'm the best wide receiver in the NFL.
