Davante Adams Quotes

Davante Adams

Profession : Football Player

Birth : December 24, 1992

I played a little football when I was really young, but I didn't start until my junior year. My cousin, who was a big influence in my athletic career over time, said you should go out for receiver. I said let's give it a shot. I went out and played a little and caught a couple balls over a couple dudes heads.

Davante Adams

I've earned the right to be paid the highest in the league.

Davante Adams

It's nothing against anybody else. I just don't feel like anybody can guard me.

Davante Adams

I'm from East Palo Alto, California. I grew up with zero dollars.

Davante Adams

I would definitely say I have my head on straight, but that's due to my parents.

Davante Adams

This is a tough league to perform in consistently if you don't have your mind right, especially at the position that I play. You've got to focused, man.

Davante Adams

I'll be running, the ball will be in the air and I'll feel like I've been in that moment before. It's basically deja vu, like an active deja vu, I guess you could say.

Davante Adams

I feel like if you ask people, certain people will say that I'm a top receiver. But if you ask people to name their top receivers, they won't mention me. So that's where the disrespect is coming from. I don't think they say, 'Davante Adams sucks.' But they think that top five, they put the same celebrities in there every time.

Davante Adams

Usually, when a DB is trying to catch up to you, he'll run to your wake because his natural instinct is to trail you so you don't get too much separation.

Davante Adams

Most guys don't super jam because when you lunge forward, you can't retreat. You have to stay in there and commit to it. So you have to be confident that you can deliver a strong punch and disrupt the receiver.

Davante Adams

Aqib Talib has never seen a pass he didn't think he could take to the house.

Davante Adams

Even getting the Lambeau Leap right was a learning experience. The wall is a lot higher than people think. You have to jump as high as you can.

Davante Adams

No one wants to see a failed Lambeau Leap.

Davante Adams

I can't throw myself the ball. All I can control is running my routes and making my catches.

Davante Adams

I want to go down as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, receiver of my era.

Davante Adams

I want to be in the Hall of Fame.

Davante Adams

I like to tell young athletes to make sure you're taking care of business in all aspects of life.

Davante Adams

Being able to overcome obstacles and to demand the most out of yourself is a quality that everyone needs to be successful.

Davante Adams

I had two offers coming out of high school in football and with more resources and things like that it could have been 20.

Davante Adams

I'll catch a 25-yard pass and, typically, I'm spinning the ball and I'll be looking at the fans to try and pump them up.

Davante Adams