Top 60 Cris Carter Quotes

I think the modern-day wide receiver, I would say that his skill level is not appreciated. It’s not just about the numbers. It’s the ability to catch the football and put your talent on display.

The number one thing is to catch the football and maintain possession.

We have learned from history that change is never easy, that it usually doesn’t look pretty, especially in today’s politically-charged environment where intent and actions can readily be misconstrued and judged.

I used to have a log on every corner in the league, what their strengths and weaknesses are.

Everyone knows someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, whether it’s depression, trauma or substance abuse. It affects everyone, so we all have a stake in making sure good treatment is available.

I tried to be one of the best-conditioned athletes.

If you want to be a national brand, damn act like it.

The history with wide receivers, I follow it pretty close. I look at Art Monk, I look at Lynn Swann, I look at Michael Irvin, and it’s becoming very, very difficult to judge the skill of a wide receiver in today’s game. But what else can you judge it on but the numbers? The numbers, they do tell a story.

Advocating for quality addiction treatment has become a passion, and it’s the most rewarding thing that someone like me can do. People were there to help me when I needed it, so I’ve made it my goal to pay it forward.

If you give Brett Favre time to throw the ball and single coverage, you’re making the offense that much better.

I would never tell young people to break the law or avoid prosecution.

Ronnie Lott – he got a really good shot on me once and I learned that unless I wanted to shorten my career, I needed to steer clear of his path.

Through educational programs, community engagement and legislative efforts, players, owners and the NFL are working with law enforcement, advocacy groups and legislators to transform our communities.

To me, I look at situations and try to look back and see if there was anything I could have done.

I catch the ball. You throw the ball, I catch it. You throw it close to me, I catch it. If you make me do something crazy to catch, I still catch it.

Receivers have always dropped a lot of balls.

If he could hurt you, Bill Romanowski would hurt you.

When you look back on things, your version is always perfect.

Lynn Swann – I loved the way he was like a ballerina playing in the NFL.

This is what I know for a fact. I know that every guy playing in the league, they have someone out there that loves them swearing up and down that they shouldn’t be out there.

It’s an unbelievably tough process. And there ain’t no bums in the Hall. I mean, they’re putting in great players every year. The selection committee they have, I believe, is the right selection of people.

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.

My job as a former player is to help young players understand about the business.

Don’t get me wrong, I would love to be voted into the Hall of Fame. But if I don’t get in, that’s not the end of the world. I am surrounded by my loved ones, and being with them, going through this journey with them, makes me extremely happy.

I don’t think Joey Harrington is good enough to be a starting quarterback in the NFL.

I’m supposed to make plays.

I always loved math in high school and I thought that I would be an accountant. But I also thought I would be better at counting money in the NFL.

Larry Fitzgerald, I’ve spent so much time with him, he’s one of my favorites and one of the best.

Any time you roll up a corner and you have a safety standing behind him helping out the corner, it’s frustrating for any player.

I grew up in small-town America, black, disadvantaged.

The one thing you have to address with Randy Moss is not a conditioning thing. It’s not an age thing. It needs to be addressed. I believe it’s the elephant in the room. It’s that thing called quit. And Randy, not like any other superstar I’ve met, he has more quit in him than any of those other players.

I know wide receivers.

Normally the teams that are in the NFC and AFC championship games are the teams that are going to be right there in the forefront as the season begins.

It’s not as if I dislike Michigan. I have a lot of respect for the university – not only the athletic department but how they educate young people. The only reason I dislike them is because they are the No. 1 rival for OSU.

Your image in sports will always matter.

Football gave me a sense of purpose. It gave me a sense of me.

You’re always going to have a Dez Bryant somewhere in the league, somebody who has to go through some off-the-field problems in order to reach his potential.

Andre Johnson, one of the hardest workers.

There’s not a bunch of pressure at the Pro Bowl.

Odell is going to grow up. That why’s he is bringing other people in his life so he can grow up. If he wasn’t trying to grow up, he wouldn’t be calling Cris Carter.

I think it would be tough for a lot of the athletes that I play with to think that while that I’m showering, that I’m performing on the field, I’m bleeding, I’m fighting with a person that is a homosexual.

Buckeye born and bred. Now an H-O-F-er – even after I’m dead.

There’s not a whole bunch of options in America for a black man. But sports gives you that opportunity… So where would my life be without football? I don’t know.

The difference between an 8-8 team and a team that goes 12-4 is not that much, and I think we realize that.

Before, when going to youth camps, the line for QBs would be around the corner. Now, kids want to be either QBs or WRs. Being a WR is popular, it’s cool.

Hey, a hard background is not an excuse.

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

If you don’t reach outside what yout resources are, you’re not gonna get better as a broadcaster.

There are positive steps being taken to tackle issues that people from all walks of life, races, ethnicities, and political persuasions agree have been devastating to communities of color.

I’ve always wanted to have a career that my kids would be able to see me play and understand what I did.

Great players, they don’t get hurt as much as the other players.

Braxton Miller is a special football player and has been special since he stepped on campus.

If the building is on fire and the person decides to stay in there, I don’t run in there and get him out. If you see them breaking the glass, if you see them struggling and trying to get out – that’s my analogy of how I help out the guys in the league and the kids that really, really need help.

Would you rather have a good fullback or a good third receiver? I’ll take the receiver.

I know so many people who have tremendous regret in their life.

From a mental standpoint, you can’t play this game unless you mentally are clocked in and that’s, ‘I’m willing to do everything to my body, my mind to put myself so that I can win.’

When we see active and former NFL players uniting with owners and the League to address injustice, we can see the way football brings people together beyond the game itself.

You know how you hear people say that they had people in their lives who told them they couldn’t make it or they couldn’t do something? That’s not me. That’s not my story. My brothers have been there with me since day one. We’ve been through everything together – good and bad.

You get drafted, you perform like a Pro Bowler, then they pay you. But there’s certain teams in this league, that’s not what they’re trying to do.

Bill Romanowski was one of the most feared players to play, not only because of his intensity, but because he played through the whistle and after the whistle.