Cornerback Quotes

I started when I was in sixth grade, playing Pop Warner. I played running back, quarterback, cornerback... all over the place.

The nickel spot, inside. It's the hardest position to play. It's harder than outside.

If I'm man-to-man with a linebacker, well, that's an automatic win because I can run by him. If I'm one-on-one against a corner, I'm gonna catch it all day, because I'm twice his size.

Defensive backs are the best players on the field. But when you get an exceptional player like a Deion Sanders or a Darrell Green - these guys are fast and they have very good technique. You have to work a little harder.

Most people would say safety was my best position. To me, the biggest challenge and most gratifying thing I got out of playing football was playing corner, because it was a bigger challenge than playing safety. Playing corner provided me my biggest thrills and my biggest headaches.

My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front of you - read their body language and anticipate what's going to happen next.

A lot of times, I go and face the top receiver, and that's a task... it comes with the territory, and I never back down from that challenge.

Patrick Peterson, obviously, is one of - it depends who you talk to - is the best, or one of the best, corners/return guys in the NFL. You just turn the film on and you're like, 'Wow, that guy plays corner? He looks like a linebacker and runs a 4.1' or whatever. He's a great player.

Nobody talks about Shaq Thompson. I don't know what he is. He's like a nickel corner/linebacker.

Tight end is one of the hardest positions to play in football. It's right up there with quarterback and cornerback. You have to have the skills of a wide receiver and the strength of an offensive lineman, and it's not easy to balance those two.

I'm about the size of a cornerback, maybe a free safety.

I'm the best corner in the game!

If all you ever play with a cornerback in there is man to man, it is a disadvantage.

The best corners can play everywhere.

When you step out there on the field as a corner in our system, you have to be ready to play because humility is one week away.

There is always pressure playing cornerback. It's just a position where you're always in the spotlight.

I became stiff as a safety, and so I had to learn to move like a corner and think like a corner.

I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that is the result you are going to get. Don't you ever talk about me.

I had some good OGs, from Charles Woodson to Justin Tuck to Antonio Smith.

The Raiders took me fourth overall because they had a certain need, and that was for me to come in and play man-to-man, bump-and-run all day, to guard the best receiver. You understand your job going in, so that's what you focus on. Would I have liked to play receiver and go both ways? Yep, would have loved to have done that.

As a cornerback, you only get probably about 5 chances to really impact the game.