Quotes from A. J. Green

My mom worked at Walmart for 33 years straight. Thirty-three years! Day in and day out.

My dad? He worked at a steel plant over in Charleston. Night shift. Nine at night to nine in the morning, no joke.

Growing up in Ridgeville, South Carolina, pretty much all I saw was people working hard.

I'm always talking to people and they're always telling me bad times never last so long. Good people last longer.

I used to go out there and play relaxed and play free and just let the game come to me.

I usually go out there and play relaxed and play free and usually let the game come to me.

Revis is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. It's just an honor going against him.

In elementary school, I didn't even play sports, I was just straight up on the juggling team. I started out with the floating scarves. Then I went to tennis balls and all that. Then by like the fourth grade I was doing the Chinese yo-yo. And I was good, man. I was like a master Chinese yo-yo person. I was top five Dead or Alive in South Carolina.

A trade's not going to change who I am. I'm still going to play. I'm still going to be A.J.

I'm not going to be a guy that says, 'Oh I want to get traded' and then go to a situation where I'm not happy.

There's always something - especially after a loss - that you look back and think you could've done better, whether it's running routes or getting some extra yards after a catch.

I don't believe you have to throw the ball 80 yards every play.

When I was a kid, I used to be like a professional juggler in training. That's funny, right?

You go through all the training camps, all the blood and sweat and tears. I think you play for the guys in the locker room. We don't play for anybody else.

You just have to take a deep breath, relax and let the game come to you.

I have two brown boys I have to raise and I have to teach them the inequalities that being a black man comes with. That's a tough conversation to have with a young kid who doesn't see anything, who's always sheltered, who can get anything he wants, who's going to go to the best schools but at the same time he's a black boy and his dad is black.

I want a tree house.

I feel like I'm more of a slim guy.

When you play this game long enough, everything is not going to be smooth sailing.

One of my best friends is Justin Houston.

I'm a very even keel guy.

I didn't have to be somebody I wasn't coming into the league. I had a great foundation from my family.

It's a process of trying to be great. You play this game long enough, you're going to have these bumps in the road and you have to keep fighting.

I hate turf. I feel like turf has always hurt me.