Quotes from Amari Cooper

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.

We would always rush to do our homework because after work, we knew that it was football.

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

I don't look at it like I've had a lot of success. I'm always hungry to do more, break records, and things of that sort.

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.

Sometimes you can line up with a quarterback after getting traded or going to a new team, whether it's the draft or whatever, and it not go smooth.

You don't want to give the defensive back any signals about what route you're going to run.

I played with a lot of foot injuries.

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

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.

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.

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

I think I definitely have the mentality and skill set to be a top-five receiver, that's no doubt.

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

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.

The plantar fasciitis that I had before it really kinda bothered me when I directly cut on the foot.

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.

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 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.

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

Just keep being me, just keep doing me, stay true to who I am and the ball will find me.

With my position, you have to kind of be three steps ahead of your opponent.

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