DeAndre Hopkins

I got my first tattoo when I was 14-years-old. Unfortunately I didn't need a signature, which I probably shouldn't of got done, because, you know, it was one of my friends who was a tattoo artist.

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

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

It means a lot to be Pro Bowl. There's a lot of people who vote and they watch football a lot.

I try to be best at everything I do.

Where I'm from in South Carolina a lot of my friends, a lot of my family members have locks, what we call them. So, you know, it's more of a way of life, where we from, not a hairstyle. We really don't care to have it neat or you know too pretty it's just you know grow your hair. And I wash my hair everyday too.

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.

I think I'm a model in a football player body sometimes.

Sometimes I get a lot of stuff, being in Houston, being in a conservative place, and wearing weird stuff that I wear. People don't get it sometimes. I like it.

I don't play for nobody else but my teammates and my family. That's it.

I just don't want to get a tattoo just to have a tattoo.

My second tattoo was a pirate ship on my arm. My friends and I, you know, we all called ourselves pirates, you know, so we felt like, you know,we was the pirates of the Caribbean around the way.

I would say my favorite tattoo is my first tattoo of my father, you know, just the remembrance of him, his legacy and impact that he's had on my life. He passed away when I was a kid, you know, I got the halo with the angel wings on my back.

I'm a receiver. I'm not a bodybuilder.

I can't throw the ball to myself.

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.

It's football - I would play with seven fingers if I had too, man.

I feel like I've got so many angels around me, it's like I'm going to be protected no matter what.

Little obstacles, if they don't go my way, I really don't even get down. I've been through so much.

Actions always speak louder than words, especially when they're peaceful actions.

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.

You're either a champion or you're not a champion.

For receivers... it's a lot about timing, having chemistry with your quarterback to be successful and having a guy that you work with over the course of years.

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.

Clothes that make people look twice, that's what makes me feel good - where it is something that I know is unique and different.

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

My mom has always put everyone before herself and sacrificed things unimaginable.

I can only control what happens day to day and that's me coming out here and doing my job to the best I can.

You can't sugarcoat why Kaep is not playing in the NFL. This dude played in the Super Bowl.

I don't bash people in the media, like other people.

A lot of credit to my teammates and my coaches for pushing me and helping me.

It's always a challenge to try to get a championship.

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

Always that's a goal with everybody who plays a pro sport is to get stronger and faster and work on things that you lack.

I just go out there and try to make plays.

I don't really worry about what the defense is trying to scheme to do against me. It really doesn't matter.

I honestly don't judge myself personally. I judge everything based off of my team, what my team is doing.

Anytime we lose a game, you can't point the fingers at the guy that everybody wants to point the finger at because it's not just him. It's 10 other guys on the football field that need to help him out, including myself.

I like quarter-cut pants that show my ankles. I don't like baggy stuff.

Houston has always showed me love. The city has been there to support me.

Social media, it's the best thing since TV.

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

I think I want to be remembered by is working hard. That's it. And I'm pretty sure, my teammates, that's what they'll say about me. You know, Hop is competitive.

Luckily, I had a guy like Andre Johnson to show me the ropes. He's had many quarterbacks in his career and he still had a successful career. Just having a guy like that to tell me to control what I can control, that's really all you can do.

My family stuck together.

My mom made sure all her kids went to college.

My mother got the courage to speak to hundreds of people about her story. I knew if she could do it I could do it, too.

Part of being a player is trying to affect the community you're in and helping people. If there's one kid I can help, I feel like I did my job.

When you grow up how I grew up - with nothing - anything that you have is a lot.

There's always room for improvement in my game.