Cris Carter Quotes

Cris Carter

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 25, 1965

From a mental standpoint, you can't play this game unless you mentally are clocked in and that's, 'I'm willing to do everything to my body, my mind to put myself so that I can win.'

Cris Carter

You're always going to have a Dez Bryant somewhere in the league, somebody who has to go through some off-the-field problems in order to reach his potential.

Cris Carter

I don't think Joey Harrington is good enough to be a starting quarterback in the NFL.

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The history with wide receivers, I follow it pretty close. I look at Art Monk, I look at Lynn Swann, I look at Michael Irvin, and it's becoming very, very difficult to judge the skill of a wide receiver in today's game. But what else can you judge it on but the numbers? The numbers, they do tell a story.

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I'm supposed to make plays.

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Hey, a hard background is not an excuse.

Cris Carter

I owe everything to the Vikings. What they invested in me was more than money.

Cris Carter

I grew up in small-town America, black, disadvantaged.

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I know wide receivers.

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If the building is on fire and the person decides to stay in there, I don't run in there and get him out. If you see them breaking the glass, if you see them struggling and trying to get out - that's my analogy of how I help out the guys in the league and the kids that really, really need help.

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I think there would be situations that will occur on the field that would be tough for a person who is homosexual, because I know there will be people definitely taking shots at him.

Cris Carter

When Buddy Ryan cut me, my wife was pregnant.

Cris Carter

I catch the ball. You throw the ball, I catch it. You throw it close to me, I catch it. If you make me do something crazy to catch, I still catch it.

Cris Carter

Larry Fitzgerald, I've spent so much time with him, he's one of my favorites and one of the best.

Cris Carter

Bill Romanowski was one of the most feared players to play, not only because of his intensity, but because he played through the whistle and after the whistle.

Cris Carter

I think the modern-day wide receiver, I would say that his skill level is not appreciated. It's not just about the numbers. It's the ability to catch the football and put your talent on display.

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Advocating for quality addiction treatment has become a passion, and it's the most rewarding thing that someone like me can do. People were there to help me when I needed it, so I've made it my goal to pay it forward.

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The difference between the good players and the great is how long they stay in their prime.

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I believe there is a certain way to do things.

Cris Carter

I think it would be tough for a lot of the athletes that I play with to think that while that I'm showering, that I'm performing on the field, I'm bleeding, I'm fighting with a person that is a homosexual.

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