Top 66 Amari Cooper Quotes

I just want to get better and I love football.

Every time I run a route, I try to make it seem like I’m running a different route than I’m actually running so I can get open.

I love being a Dallas Cowboy. I love everything about it. I think about it every day.

I take good pride in the way I release off the line and coming out of my breaks.

Growing up, every team that I’ve played on, I was a pretty important piece to the team.

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

You can only get open in two ways, off of the line or out of your breaks.

I just have to protect the ball, keep it secure.

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.

The more opportunities you have in any setting, situation, you’re going to be better off.

Anytime I can get into a situation in which I’m running routes, I love it. I mean, I’d go out in the streets and just run some routes.

I just like everything about Dak.

I had 1,000 yards when I played on plantar fasciitis before.

Obviously, if you go to the playoffs you have an opportunity to go to the Super Bowl.

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 mean, I don’t really remember playing a full season ever being 100 percent.

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.

I’ve been playing football all my life.

I haven’t played with too many guys like Dak Prescott, so I think he definitely deserves everything that’s coming to him. He definitely deserves to be paid amongst the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league.

If you lose a fight with someone, you don’t get revenge from fighting someone else.

I know that I have the skillset to be one of the highest-paid receivers. I’m just all about going out there and proving it.

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 feel like I know what defensive backs are going to do before they do it.

All the small things matter. Communication. It doesn’t matter what you are doing. You have to be on the same page.

Obviously, as a receiver, you want to go out there and make plays for your team to win.

When you’re the underdog, you just lay low and work.

Yeah, I just handle my business.

In football, in any sport, communication is really key. So if you want to be a great teammate, a great team and a great player, then communication is very important.

I’ve always kept in mind, team first.

Most corners are similar in terms of how you can beat them.

No, I don’t want to play with Tom Brady. I want to beat Tom Brady. I want to play with Dak Prescott.

When you do something, you want to be the best.

I can stretch the defense.

I played with a lot of foot injuries.

Obviously as a receiver, you want to go out there and make plays for your team and win.

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.

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.

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.

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.

That’s what teammates are for. They encourage you through the good and the bad times.

When I got to Alabama, I was really small.

I wanted to play running back, but they would never put me at running back. I started loving receiver and as I kept growing older, we kept throwing the ball more and I kept liking it more and more. It’s something I’ve played all my life. It’s something I’ve gotten better at each year.

I think I proved that I was a polished receiver.

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?

I know the college rule is if they push you out of bounds, you can come back in and catch the ball, but I think the NFL rule is it doesn’t matter how you get out of bounds, you can’t be the first one to touch the ball. That’s what I think it is, I’m not really sure on that.

My business is to come out here and play football.

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.

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.

I bring a lot of playmaking ability.

Obviously, you want to score every game, but you just have to be patient.

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 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.

I want to be a Cowboy for life.

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.

You can never really get away from the fundamentals of anything that you’re doing.

Everything was really competitive. We used to always do field day, relays. Races. I was always just naturally good at those things. So when I started playing football, I used some of those traits.

I mean the first thing you think about when you hear the Cowboys is that star, ‘America’s Team,’ and all of that. It’s a great franchise.

I don’t think you have to be flamboyant to be a great player.

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.

I’m ready to just win, baby.

I wasn’t really happy in Oakland or anything like that.

I just try to work on my craft. Try to be as complete a player as possible, and I’ve just been focusing on being a consistent player.

Coach Kiffin calls plays based on matchups and what he sees.

Really, you don’t want to think about yards after the catch when the ball is in the air. You want to think about catching the ball. And then let the rest play its way out.

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.

I just play, man. Try to play good every week, but if it doesn’t happen, I just move on. But if I do play good, I do the same thing.