Chris Harris, Jr. Quotes

Route running is an art, not a science.

My mom, she thought I was the best. My sisters, maybe, but maybe that’s not objective or anything. But if you believe in yourself, your family believes in you, you put in the work, do it right, you only need one other person to believe in you. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but sometimes it is.

I’m kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

That’s the only way you can stop a guy like Cam Newton. Hit him. He’s unstoppable, so whenever he does try to run like a running back, you got to punish him.

I want to keep getting all-pros, keep stacking them.

I always thought once you get your contract, I think that’s when the accolades and all that stuff comes.

I’m old-school.

You’re going to hit some rough patches. You’re going to run into obstacles. People are going to say, ‘You can’t do it.’ But you have to persevere. You have to keep working hard and believing in yourself.

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

I’m undrafted. It’s always going to be like that. I have to go above and beyond on everything that I do, even though I have the stats.

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

I always have been a guy that’s always smiling, always laughing.

I’m a SweeTarts, Skittles, Starburst type of guy.

Coming in as an undrafted rookie, I wanted to make sure I competed every day against those talented receivers. Brandon Lloyd, he was a great guy to go against because I did a lot of scout team. Going against him every day along with all those other receivers really helped me polish my game.

The franchise tag, it’s a one-year deal. I would like a little bit more stability.

I know I can go outside and have better numbers than I put up in the slot.

You practice how you play. I still believe that.

I just want to maximize my time here on the football field and after that, I don’t know what I’ll do. I can coach, I can do a lot of things.

I like to give kids motivation and tell them my story.

I know that if I am playing at an all-pro level, our defense is playing well.

I’m glad I have a story to tell. It’s unique, it’s mine, and I’m blessed to have it.

How do you tackle Rob Gronkowski? You gotta hit him low, man – hit him in his knees. That’s the best chance you have of hitting him.

You’re out there on an island. It’s just you and the best receiver, man-to-man, in one-on-one coverage a lot of the time. And you don’t really get any help. If you get beat, everyone can see. If you get scored on, everyone knows. That’s the difficulty of playing corner.

The letters I get from people, a lot of people are very appreciative. I get stacks of letters. I’ll do an event, and all the kids will send me all kinds of letters, and that right there is enough motivation to keep doing it.

Once I retire, I would definitely love to be a DJ. That would be fun.

I knew I needed to find a way to stay out of trouble and to have good grades to be able to stand out.

I think you have to have the talent, and guys have to believe in what you’re doing. Everybody has to play to the end.

My boys – T.J. Ward, Aqib Talib, Kayvon Webster, DeMarcus Ware, all those guys – I built very, very close relationships with those guys, and I would like to continue to build that for the rest of my career.

I would love to be in a zone concept every once in a while. Probably later on in my career.

If you can put your hands on the receiver and get to him fast, that messes up everything for them. If I don’t put hands on him, he’s probably going to beat me on the route.

I think having a strong wife and having a solid family are things that have helped me out a lot.

The underdog is a person that’s at risk, a person that has a lot of big trials you have to overcome. I mean, that was my life.

I’ve just always had faith. I always had a relationship with God, always spiritually, and always just had that confidence in Him that he would always have my back.