I already know Cover 3, Cover 2, everything else. But it's a lot of times, defenses try to take you away and they do certain things that you wouldn't be ready for.
— Julio Jones
You are always going to have critics.
I feel like I am the best receiver in the league.
I've got to keep showing up every day and putting in work.
We gotta execute, and our guys have to be on the same page and play 100 percent.
I don't get like when people say Josh Norman is tough. Don't get me wrong, he's a good player.
You're going to get little nagging injuries here and there from the game.
I feel like I'm capable of doing anything and everything. I just got to come to work every day.
Whatever the defense gives us, we're going to take it.
I was going to go to Auburn but I just didn't like Auburn. They left a bad taste in my mouth.
Like I said, I'm a professional; I don't want to hurt myself nor the team.
I've been dealing with injuries my whole life, so it takes a different type of guy to go out there and play injured and know something's wrong.
I just go out there and just do what I'm told to do.
I don't need preseason to get ready.
The biggest challenge for me was all the rumors you heard before you get to the NFL. You know, just hearing guys won't help you. They'll turn your back on you, they'll tell you the wrong plays, everything like that.
I'm never frustrated. I create a stress-free environment. Everything I do, I'm never stressed about nothing. I'm mentally strong. I never let anything get to me. I just think stuff through. I'm a deep thinker.
I have great relationships with a lot of guys around the league.
Ric, I feel like he hasn't changed up for no one. He's been the same since Day 1, since he was in the limelight as a pro wrestler. Even now, just his mentality and who he is: Find who you are and just be that. He's always being him. That's what I admire the most about Ric Flair.
When I first got to the NFL, I didn't see no double coverage at all. I was getting single coverage. I was killing it. Then they were, 'all right, this guy can play and we have to double this guy.' Since probably like the 11th or 12th game my rookie year, I started to get double-teamed.
You should never put another man in front of you and say he's better than you.
I'm just trying to play. My thing is to play ball.
We can't get bored. We have to prepare like we're playing the best team in the NFL.
I'm not going to put myself in a situation to hurt the team.
It's all about winning matchups.
You can never play a perfect game.
I got to go out there and catch the ball, be more of a deep threat.
It's one of those things when you're down in the red area, a lot of teams double me. Two-man, guys sit underneath me, so I can't really slant. They have a safety kind of cheated out, as far as the fade balls and things like that. But when we get our opportunities, we've got to make people pay.
I know my teammates got me, and they know I've got them.
As far as practice, I get those mental reps. I don't have to physically be out there. It's just a mindset and a mentality.
Our main focus is to score when we get in the red zone - not field goals.
I'm always willing to learn.
I'm not a selfish guy, I'm not a stats guy.
A lot of times, people need to vent to people and know that what they're telling you is not going to be shared with anyone else. Or they know you're going to give them 'the real.' Just being truthful to them when they're right, they're right, and when they're wrong, they're wrong.
I like Quintorris. It means 'Gladiator.'
People are always going to talk down or bad about you. You can't let that stuff determine what kind of player I am going to be.
Every day I come to work, and I work on everything. Whether it's across the middle, in the backfield, running deep routes. Whatever the case may be.
Every receiver should feel that he's the best. It's all about confidence.
I'm just trying to be the best teammate.
When you step on the field, you should feel that you're the best, you and whoever your partner is.
It's football - you're going to get banged up.
We are just going to keep putting the work in and just wait until it pays off.
I don't think about yardage.
I got to go out there and make plays when they are presented to me.
I'm going to do what I can to give back to Tuscaloosa because they've been there for me from the start.
They gave up a lot for me and they know how hard I work. They're not going to let me go. And I love Atlanta, I love being here.
We practice throughout the week throwing jump balls, throwing fades, throwing all these little things. But when the game comes, you never know what's going to come up.
Me, personally, I don't really care about as far as being the highest-paid receiver, man. It's a number.
I wouldn't be the person I am today without Roddy White. He's helped teach me how to be a man.
I'm supposed to catch everything.
I feel like if you have the time to give somebody, listen to their problems.
