Quotes from DeAndre Hopkins

Oh, you know, your legacy's all you're gonna be remembered by.

If I drop a ball, I'm going to beat myself up, or if I go out and a rep isn't perfect, I feel like I've got to do it again.

Repetition makes perfect.

There's always room for improvement in my game.

I would describe my style as refreshing.

Any injury is tough, and it is a little bit tougher when it is the hand that you have to catch with, but it is football man. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I played defense in high school, so when the ball's in the air I feel like it's mine. No matter who it is or the situation, I feel like I've got to come down with the ball or at least knock it away.

Running hills, I try to follow the Jerry Rice routine.

I've been eating honey since I was young. I've been putting it on everything. I put it on fried chicken, put it on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I put it on my cereal. What else do I put honey on? I put honey on my face. Man, honey is the essential item to life.

A lot of times when kids get in trouble they might get labeled or judged for mistakes that they made at a young age.

I always knew I took care of more than myself from a young age. People depended on me.

I usually try not to be trendy and go with what everyone is wearing. Although when I am looking for inspiration, I will check out Instagram stories. I usually look at what people are wearing in Europe. They're fashion-forward.

I want to design women's clothes just as much as men's clothes.

There's a lot of things I can get better at as an individual, knowing where defenders are, having a better awareness. Those are things I can work on.

My name is all I have, so I don't want that to be messed up from a game of football.

I run at least five miles a day, just long distance.

South Carolina is one of the most racist states in America. John C. Calhoun is the name of a building at our school and he was a slave owner. Clemson, the name Clemson itself, was like a guy who was a slave owner. South Carolina, their whole history is messed up.

I'm from South Carolina. I'm from a real cultured state, where there's still racism daily. Still, places are segregated.

When you're young, stay active no matter what you do, and look up to positive role models.

The spectacular catches are the ones that you remember detail for detail. The ones with two hands, it's kind of routine.

A lot of the people I know, they don't train like that. They do a lot of quick stuff, just speed drills. But I run long distance. I've always been like that, though, even when I was in high school. That's just how I train myself.

I have multiple friends on other teams who after a game, they'll tell me the game plan... part of the game plan is to stop you. It's a respect factor.

My motto is I'm going to go out and work every day no matter who is here. It's a mentality that I always play with since I've been playing football.

I definitely feel like I'm underrated.