Julio Jones

“I don't need preseason to get ready.”

“When I first got to the NFL, I didn't see no double coverage at all. I was getting single coverage. I was killing it. Then they were, 'all right, this guy can play and we have to double this guy.' Since probably like the 11th or 12th game my rookie year, I started to get double-teamed.”

“Everybody has to be accountable on every play. The main thing is that we have to do our job. Going through all of the keys, making sure we are making the right reads, blocking the right person and getting the right route depth. Everything.”

“I'm supposed to catch everything.”

“I'm always willing to learn.”

“I already know Cover 3, Cover 2, everything else. But it's a lot of times, defenses try to take you away and they do certain things that you wouldn't be ready for.”

“It's all about winning matchups.”

“At the end of the day, I just want to win football games.”

“I'm not a selfish guy, I'm not a stats guy.”

“The biggest challenge for me was all the rumors you heard before you get to the NFL. You know, just hearing guys won't help you. They'll turn your back on you, they'll tell you the wrong plays, everything like that.”

“Well, for me, I don't need validation from no one to tell me what type of player I am or number to tell me throughout the year what type of player I am. It's all about your ability to go out there and just compete.”

“I was very lucky to get drafted into the situation I came into. I could have gone somewhere where other guys would resent me because they want the ball.”

“I've had a lot of success by myself, but it's not good when you can't go and accomplish things as a team and have success as a team.”

“I'm very tough and I have a high tolerance for pain.”

“You are always going to have critics.”

“I have great relationships with a lot of guys around the league.”

“You're going to be successful or you're not going to be successful. You have to handle success and not being successful in the same way.”

“It don't cost nothing to go out there and compete. You're either going to do it or you're not. And I'm going to compete every down, so it don't matter.”

“I feel like if you have the time to give somebody, listen to their problems.”

“Every receiver should feel that he's the best. It's all about confidence.”