A. J. Green

Football Player

1988-07-31

A. J. Green is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League.

Quotes by A. J. Green

When you play this game long enough, everything is not going to be smooth sailing.
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You just have to take a deep breath, relax and let the game come to you.
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In elementary school, I didn't even play sports, I was just straight up on the juggling team. I started out with the floating scarves. Then I went to tennis balls and all that. Then by like the fourth grade I was doing the Chinese yo-yo. And I was good, man. I was like a master Chinese yo-yo person. I was top five Dead or Alive in South Carolina.
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I hurt my toe on turf and I hurt my ankle. I never got hurt on grass.
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I hate turf. I feel like turf has always hurt me.
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It's about respect and the morals and the value of life. And treat people how you want to be treated. That's the biggest thing I was brought up on from my parents.
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I have two brown boys I have to raise and I have to teach them the inequalities that being a black man comes with. That's a tough conversation to have with a young kid who doesn't see anything, who's always sheltered, who can get anything he wants, who's going to go to the best schools but at the same time he's a black boy and his dad is black.
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