When you're not good, and you are losing, and a team puts 50 on you, you gotta figure something out. Chris Harris, Jr. More Quotes by Chris Harris, Jr. More Quotes From Chris Harris, Jr. I always have been a guy that's always smiling, always laughing. And really, my family, man. Just them right there, when I see my little girls, I mean, that's just an automatic smile right there. Chris Harris, Jr. girlmenmean 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. Me - coming from a single parent home. I didn't have offers coming out of high school. So I had to really have faith and lean on Jesus for everything because nothing was given to me. I had to really work for everything. I'm definitely an underdog. I think Jesus made me be in that situation to be able to relate to more people. That's why give back to the at-risk kids. Chris Harris, Jr. meankidsjesus Especially in this business of football you got to get on your knees multiple times a day, just thanking God. I pray while I'm on the field because He has to be with me. One injury away from being done from playing football for the rest of my life or just that fast it can happen. So I just always got to pray for that covering. Make sure He's with me out there making plays with me. God wants to be involved in everything that you do. And I just try to involve Him. And that's what God said to do, to help build up His kingdom. Chris Harris, Jr. thank-godtryingfootball Me and my wife have been on the same kind of routine since we got married, man. Just praying together in the morning, praying at night together. And I think having her, that support right there! I always try to make sure my kids grow up in the right home, I set the right example for them. Because I didn't always have my father there for me and my sister didn't have that either. So I just want to make sure they grow up different. They grow up seeing how marriage is supposed to be and I think that's what really gives me motivation. Chris Harris, Jr. growing-upmotivationmorning 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. Chris Harris, Jr. yourselfyouobstaclespeople There is always pressure playing cornerback. It's just a position where you're always in the spotlight. Chris Harris, Jr. justyoualwayspressure I knew I needed to find a way to stay out of trouble and to have good grades to be able to stand out. Chris Harris, Jr. standgoodtroubleway Once I retire, I would definitely love to be a DJ. That would be fun. Chris Harris, Jr. retiredjfunlove As a cornerback, you only get probably about 5 chances to really impact the game. Chris Harris, Jr. onlygameyouimpact 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. Chris Harris, Jr. bestbelieve-in-yourselffamilywork I like to give kids motivation and tell them my story. Chris Harris, Jr. storytelllikemotivation 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. Chris Harris, Jr. beyondeverythinggoalways I would love to be in a zone concept every once in a while. Probably later on in my career. Chris Harris, Jr. onceeverycareerlove It doesn't matter where you start out, it's where you end up. Chris Harris, Jr. endstartyoumatter You always respect the vets. Chris Harris, Jr. youalwaysrespect 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. Chris Harris, Jr. willdoingmepeople 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. Chris Harris, Jr. islandbestyoutime My strategy is just to always compete. Even if they catch 10 balls on me, I make sure that they have to fight for every one of those. That's worked for me. Chris Harris, Jr. fightmealwaysstrategy The NFL wants to see teams put up points. Chris Harris, Jr. nflwantsseeup It's tough when you get beat. You have to be able to come back mentally. Sometimes the offense is going to win, but you have to be able to be level-headed and not get too upset when they do catch the ball. Chris Harris, Jr. winyouupsetsometimes
