Top 75 Mike Evans Quotes

I got to play with Tom Brady, so that was pretty cool.

I’m blessed to play football for a living, but the true value of our work comes in how we uplift those in need of support.

I work really hard and I try to use my attributes as best I can.

Other than scoring touchdowns, that’s probably the thing that makes me the most happy. Helping other people.

Life never stops.

I’m a confident guy. But it’s surreal to hear my name called in the same breath as Randy Moss, my favorite receiver. That’s the cool thing about having some success.

I don’t want anybody feeling sorry for me.

I want to play. I want to help my team.

I try my best to get open.

When I was a kid, I’d always tell myself if I ever grew up to have money, I’d help even more people than I do when I didn’t have any money.

If I feel myself about to do something stupid, I have to think twice. To me, everybody has a camera. Everybody is a reporter.

I did my time with a mobile quarterback and that was fun. It was fun, it got me more opportunities for more balls on scramble rules and stuff like that. But in this league, it’s tough to scramble.

I want the ball whenever I can get it.

Post-snap penalties will happen. It comes with the game, but the pre-snap penalties, and then the unsportsmanlike things, we can control those things.

Losing is always frustrating.

I’ve been very blessed and highly favored.

I understand the ref’s job out there is extremely hard.

The men and women that have served this country, I’m forever indebted to them.

I never would’ve thought that I’d be a candidate or a nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year, but it’s definitely a blessing and that’s how I view my life.

You know, you can’t make everybody happy.

I’m trying to chase all the records. I’m trying to chase all of them, whichever one are attainable.

You know, the thing about the great receivers? They won. They were in the playoffs. They were making big plays.

Whoever the quarterback is, it’s my job to be as open as possible for them and catch as many balls as I can.

It’s an honor to be recognized with the very best in the league for the impact that we make in our communities.

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.

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 get a lot of Vincent Jackson comparisons, and that’s a great comparison. But I think Brandon Marshall. He’s vicious after the catch. A big, physical guy, can go up and get it, blocks real well. So I’ve modeled my game after him since high school.

I’m getting older, more mature, and the game is slowing down each year.

As long as I’m in good shape and I’m healthy, I feel I’m the best receiver on the planet.

I mean, nobody wants to lose. And nobody wants to be playing at the end of the year when you don’t have a chance to make the playoffs.

I’m always a team guy, and I love competing, no matter what.

I’m just trying to be the best, period.

I’ve had hamstring problems since I’ve been playing football.

I used to hate emojis, but now I’m using them always.

I have a chance to be the best in the whole world.

Being one of the best in the world, you want to go against one of the best in the world – one-on-one, man-on-man.

I’m not a political person that much, but I’ve got common sense. I know when something’s not right.

There’s a lot of things I do that people don’t know and they don’t have to know.

If I don’t get the outcome I want, I’m just going to keep working.

Not everybody grows up the same. Everybody is exposed to different things growing up.

Being nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year is overwhelming – it’s a big deal.

It’s not how you start, even with a rough upbringing. It’s what you make of it after.

I never could be a diva. I don’t know if it’s because of my size or how I was raised. Because more of the diva receivers in the past have been a little smaller. I don’t dance when I score touchdowns as much. I do something that’s a little more gangster.

When I’m with my wife, we go on dates and things like that, take our girls out to do stuff.

It’s been a big dream of mine, and I’m blessed to live out my dream and that’s to be a role model and be somebody that can help and be a beacon of hope for my cities. It’s just a blessing, and I don’t take it for granted at all.

I’m just learning how to take care of my body better in the offseason, working out more, working out smarter, as well – I feel like that’s been key.

I just feel like it’s my job to help when I can.

Especially if you’re a good receiver, nobody plays at all-the-way 100 percent.

That’s how it was for me in college as well – guys were seniors and I was a redshirt freshman and I had to be a leader.bI was a starter and I was one of the best players on the team, so I think the best players, no matter their age, should be comfortable being a leader.

Obviously, I’m a competitor.

I like to enforce myself in the run game. It’s something I have control over.

The opportunity to get Tom Brady. Like, that’s Tom Brady, bro. Like that’s the greatest of all-time. He’s franchise changer.

People have different views on different situations in politics.

When I was a kid, man, I used to love standing for the national anthem and I still love standing for the National Anthem. I think of our troops, but most importantly, I think of the American population and everybody as a whole.

I want to be better, in my route running, blocking – everything.

I used to be a mean guy once I got in the league – to officials. And then I’ve gotten a little nicer. It has helped.

I’m effective against a lot of teams, especially when you play man coverage.

I love the military.

As long as I’m running my routes at full speed, and being a dominant blocker in the run game, then that’s a good game to me.

You know, I’m not just a jump ball guy. I’m good at jump balls. I’m really good at jump balls. I wish I got more of those, I mean, to use my size. But each year, I just try to focus on route running, and being better after the catch.

I’ve always put team success over my own and it just so happened that I was fortunate enough to break some records and be in line to break more.

The coaches are going to coach, but it all comes down to the players. The players are out there playing and they’re the ones who are going to make the plays.

There are kids out there. We’ve got to show them the right way. That’s the only way. People aren’t born racist. C’mon now. We’ve got to show the way.

You can double team me anytime you want.

If I catch zero passes but we win the Super Bowl, I wouldn’t have a problem.

I think I’m one of the best in the game.

Everybody thinks I’m a thug or something like that.

I’m just going to come in each year and work my tail off and try to be the best I can be.

Stats don’t define me.

These preseason games are good practice for us, to get ready for the real thing.

I’m just happy to be in the NFL and to break records and break my own record.

My personal expectations are to be a starter, and I’m going to fight to earn that position.

I really don’t care about stats.

I’m not big on politics.

I just want to help a lot of people and have fun along the way.