Amari Cooper

Athlete

100 Quotes

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.

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.

When someone's playing you man-to-man coverage, they're basically saying that guy's better than you. So that's why a lot of receivers feed off of that.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I'm ready to just win, baby.

I've been playing football all my life.

I don't want to prove the Raiders wrong. I just want to prove the Cowboys right. They traded for me, and I'm going to be a good player for them.

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.

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

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.

It feels great to be wanted by any team in the NFL.

I played with high ankle sprains.

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