Top 105 Receiver Quotes

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I try to prove that I can be either a wide receiver or a flex tight end. Put me in the slot, put me out wide, put me wherever you want, but I can play both.

Receiver, more than I think any other position, is reliant upon the other 10 guys doing their job really well.

I made my way in this league playing special teams and then kind of worked my way into playing receiver. It was always just kind of doing whatever I could do and taking advantage of all the opportunities that I got.

My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a receiver – I used to scratch records on it – and on top was a reel-to-reel. In front of that wall were more stacks of records. It was either Mom’s record or Pop’s record, and they had their names on each and every one.

Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver.

I think I proved that I was a polished receiver.

It’s always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession receiver.

Obviously you want to be a No. 1 receiver when it comes down to contract time and things like that.

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.

As a wide receiver, you don’t want to feel that the quarterback is only going to throw you the ball if you’re wide open.

I believe that I’m a complete receiver all-around.

I kinda wanted to play receiver more.

I was a wide receiver at the University of Missouri but dropped out, having never gotten in a game.

What drives me is getting the Super Bowl and ultimately trying to be the best receiver to play this game.

No matter what, I’m going to try to be the most physical receiver in the league, and I’ve got to prove it by going out and dominating physical cornerbacks.

I’m a white wide receiver and that’s revolutionary.

Your job as a receiver is to get open and catch the ball and block in the run game.

The No. 1 rule you’re taught as a receiver: You’ve just got to watch the ball. You hear about the guy who was lucky. But the guy who was lucky got an opportunity, and he was prepared for it. Sometimes the ball falls your way, and, you know, we’ll take it.

I think each guy, whether you’re an offensive lineman, receiver, running back, you’re focused on your job.

In ninth grade, I played wide receiver.

Me, in all aspects of my life, I’m thinking about how can I maximize my skill set and who I am as a person. That’s part of my job in becoming a better receiver.

There’s not a lot of time to have conversations on the field during the game. That’s where the trust and the practice comes into play, through practice, through off-site throwing sessions; that’s where you build that trust and build that cohesion with a wide receiver.

I was a receiver until I was a freshman in high school. I didn’t play quarterback until I was a freshman.

The wide receiver position is such a complex position.

College lacrosse can be pretty brutal at times, so that definitely helped me with the toughness. It’s a fast-paced game, so that helped me kind of translate over to the game speed of playing in the NFL. I think just the one-on-one aspect of trying to beat the guy in front of you definitely helped me as being a receiver.

At the tight end position, you’re asked to do so many things. You’ll see me split out wide singled up like a wide receiver.

I think that’s when a good receiver becomes a great receiver. If you know what’s going on with the defense, you play faster. If you don’t know what’s going on, your timing will be off and you’re not going to make plays.

Cris Carter and Randy Moss – they’re the guys who made me want to play football and be a receiver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It’ll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

You never know what you’re going to get as a receiver.

I’ll make changes at receiver before I make a change at the quarterback.

Being able to block as a receiver, that was something I tried to make a point to the other receivers at Stanford, that you have to take that to a huge level of importance.

I’m not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I’ve never received that, and that’s not ever going to happen. So I’m fine with what I have, I make good money, and I’m happy about it.

I didn’t always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor.

I want to be known as a solid all-around receiver that’s fast, not a fast guy that plays receiver.

I was a ball guy. I played basketball, baseball, football. I excelled in football the most. I played running back, wide receiver, safety, kick returner, punt returner.

I was a big receiver when I played in the NFL.

I believe the NFL is a land of opportunity. As soon as you figure out you can find your little niche, you can find your role on an offense, in my position at receiver, I feel like you can develop an identity and go from there.

Anytime you can get the ball in the receiver’s hands with some space, you let their natural abilities take over.

I want to be the best with the ball in my hands as a receiver – or as a player, period. And I think when I get the ball, my game changes. I don’t know what it is, I just shift gears.

I can be a receiver.

I know Odell Beckham is the best ballplayer I’ve ever seen in my life, and Brandon Marshall is a Hall of Fame receiver and Sterling Shepard is very quick, no one can guard him.

God has blessed me to be where I’m at today. All the trials and tribulations I faced throughout my career and life. Look at where I’m at now, I’m the all-time Packers leading receiver of that franchise. That tells you a lot.

I definitely like to throw a deep post or something over the top that gives a receiver time to run under it and score a touchdown.

I wanted to be part of Jordan Brand, because I saw Randy Moss, my favorite receiver, wearing Jordans when I was younger. I wanted to do everything like Randy.

The glory of the big catch is applied more at wide receiver, and tight end would be an even match at my size. It’s such a huge advantage being on the outside.

Le’Veon Bell, as we have seen through the years when healthy, is such a dynamic player not just out of the backfield, but as a receiver.

Kindness boggles my mind. It’s the only force in nature that increases simultaneously for the giver and the receiver.

In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.

I am more into the old school guy than I am with the new school guys. I came in young and I had to pay my dues to be considered a vet. To be able to play for over 10 years at wide receiver, that’s why I like looking at the older guys like Larry Fitzgerald, Teddy Ginn Jr., Brian Hartline. That’s what I’m about.

When the ball’s in the air, as a receiver, it’s just you want to be a Frisbee-catching dog out there.

I would like to go down as the greatest receiver in this game. I’m not doing all this hard work for nothing.

I’m cool with it, running back, receiver, punt returner, it really doesn’t make a difference to me.

I just wanted to prove that I can play wide receiver at a high level.

I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety.

I’m a receiver, so I know all the releases,. So it’s hard to get me on any releases. And I’m 6-5, so I’ve got long arms and I can press and stay connected at all times. And the refs, sometimes you don’t know if they’re going to call holding or not, so I can get away with holds.

In eighth grade, I was actually better in football. I played running back, wide receiver, and safety – just like Allen Iverson.

If you can put your hands on the receiver and get to him fast, that messes up everything for them. If I don’t put hands on him, he’s probably going to beat me on the route.

If you want someone to pay you – the highest paid receiver in the history of the game – damn act like it.

When I first came into the league, I was with Tim Dwight in San Diego, and a guy named Eric Parker, who really showed me the work ethic it takes to be an NFL receiver, and I’ve really tried to keep that with me.

Dez Bryant isn’t Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees or Russell Wilson. Dez Bryant is a typical, me-first NFL receiver diva, cut from the same cloth as Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, Randy Moss and Keyshawn Johnson, sprinkled with a heavy dash of Pacman Jones.