Quotes from Cooper Kupp

There's adversity, it's inevitable you are going to face it.

Pushing through when times get difficult, perseverance. It's an important trait to have as an athlete, and as a human being in general.

You can't find a better playmaker than Jesus Christ!

I believe God made me with a purpose. He gave me the passions and the talents to pursue a specific thing. I feel like I found that at a young age. I just felt like when I was playing football, He was well pleased with what I was doing.

Sometimes people take the approach that the play starts when the ball is snapped and kind of ends when you catch the ball, but for us... there's a new play that starts as soon as you catch that ball.

It's just one of those things where you continue to get comfortable; catch the ball and get a feel for who is around you without really having to look to see who is around you.

I have a belief in myself and what I can do. I trust in what coach believes in me, what the guys in the receiving room trust that I'll be able to do. They're trusting me to be able to play for them and make sure that I'm executing my job.

I take the mindset that regardless of what happens on the field, I try to learn from my mistakes, and fix those things and be able to be a better football player than I was the week before.

It drives my wife crazy because I can tune out anything. Whatever it is I'm focused on, I won't hear anything, I'm just focused on what I need to get done. It becomes a problem sometimes. I've been that way from as early as I can remember.

There is somewhat of a skill to that and an intentionality in practice to be able to not just run your route to catch the ball, but also run your route to catch the ball and know where people are so you can run afterwards.

If you can't create separation at the top of routes and be able to have enough twitch to be able to move people at the line of scrimmage and things like that, I think you will have a hard time separating in this league.

Life doesn't stop for the two weeks of the Super Bowl.

I believe in the player that I am. And ultimately I believe I was made to play this game, that God created me to be great at this thing.

Speed is a luxury in my mind, quickness is a necessity.

I've had moments when I've had to bounce back. It's unfortunate, but you just don't have time to kind of sit there and stew on things. You have to flush them out, move on.

You've got to have guys around you that also are pulling coverage to get into their spots and distributing the field the right way.

You've got to be constantly refueling. In the morning, it's fueling for the day. At night, it's fueling for the next day. It's a constant, never-ending deal.

I grew up being a running back, so the guys I really liked to watch were running backs. I loved watching Reggie Bush at USC. It was unbelievable what he was able to do. Priest Holmes was another.

Football is a game of ebbs and flows, there's mountains and valleys through a full season, through a game, through a quarter, through a practice week.

There's no pressure to strive to succeed on anything. I get to step into every single day and just enjoy the process, enjoy every moment, just be fully who I am and not feel failure in any way, but just be able to pursue success - and know that whatever happens, it is what it is.

My career goal is to be a Hall of Famer. That's what I strive to be. I want to be the very best to do it. To win Super Bowls is a part of that, but the end goal is to be a Hall of Famer.

There's always something to strive for, to push for, and we live that day in and day out.

I keep striving to be perfect, it keeps you pushing and pushing and pushing.

I tend to get caught up in striving for perfection and not so much the accepting excellence part.