For more from the 2016 Body Issue, check out espn.com/bodyissue! And pick up a copy on newsstands starting July 8.Antonio Brown is not an easy man to track down -- on the field or off it. Between Dancing With the Stars rehearsals, offseason workouts and more FaceTiming and Snapchatting than you can imagine, the four-time Pro Bowler sat down with ESPNs Morty Ain on the set of the Body Issue to discuss his training regimen, his candy habit and the beauty of mango season.ON CHANGING THE PERCEPTION OF SMALL RECEIVERS Being passed up by teams because of my size made me hungry. Ive seen a lot of first-round guys who come in and never really do nothing because they may not appreciate the opportunity because everything has been given to them. I think guys who come from the bottom understand how hard it is, so they appreciate the opportunities more.I dont think of myself as a small receiver, but you cant control what somebody says about you. It hasnt held me back -- actually, I think Ive changed the perception of smaller receivers. My being able to do what I do at my size, being able to create opportunities for other guys ... I used to play with Bruce Arians [in Pittsburgh, when he was offensive coordinator], who is now head coach for Arizona, and he went on to draft T.Y. Hilton in the third round [as the Colts OC]. He drafted John Brown, who starts for the Cardinals, in the third round. So I think guys like myself have been able to create opportunities for these guys who may be my size.ON HIS BODY EVOLUTION (AND MANGO SEASON) I was real skinny in high school. I was real fast and explosive. I just didnt really have a good nutrition plan, I didnt understand how important it was to be healthy. I was eating hot fries, potato chips in the morning, Capri Sun. That was like my breakfast. That changed when I got to college -- I put on 20 pounds of muscle. Now I like everything about my body. My calves are developing and getting strong -- its definitely mango season. Mangoes have a nice, strong shape when theyre growing on the trees around this time, when they start plumping -- just like my calves. Also, Ive got a lot of kids, so my sperm count is good.ON SURVIVING TRAINING CAMP When I was a rookie in training camp, Id have two-a-days and I was like, Damn, Im about to die. I came up with a quote: The first day of training camp, I thought I was going to die. The second day, I was afraid because I didnt die. And the third day it was like I couldnt die. Life is a fight. Youve got good and evil forces constantly battling each other, and if you want to set out to do something positive, theres going to be distractions, theres going to be adversity, theres going to be some things that are going to hit you in life, and youve got to fight the good fight in regards to staying true to your goals and staying on that path of what you want.ON HOW DANCING WITH THE STARS WILL HELP HIM ON THE FIELD Ive been doing a lot of dancing, and each dance has its own footwork that can be compared to football. The karaoke movement can be used with lateral movement; the quick step is great when taking off on the line. Dancing helps with the changing of directions, transferring of weight with your shock absorbers, which makes your ankles a lot stronger. As a dancer, youve got to be able to point your feet and bend your knees and push through your knees. Ill maybe add a couple dances for some extra cardio or for stretching or feet strengthening.ON HIS SLEEP SCHEDULE During the season, sleep is definitely important, which is why I got a nice spot closer to the facility so I can get more rest. With training and working out, you need to get more sleep and recovery so your muscles can do what you want them to do. During the season, I try to get the most sleep that I can get. But in the offseason, I only get four or five hours -- its hard to sleep when youre having a lot of fun.ON TAKING CARE OF HIS BODY Nutrition is important, training is important -- but so are rest and recovery, massages, acupuncture. Your body is your temple, and youve got to take care of it. In the NFL, youve got to lift weights. With guys hitting you and all the falling on the ground, youve got to have the muscles to protect the shoulders when youre hitting the ground. But I also do Pilates to work on the deeper core and to stretch. I lift weights in the offseason about four times a week; during the season Ill lift three times a week. The weight training is key because most guys come in during the summertime as strong as they are going to get and they fizzle down as the year starts. Im 7 percent body fat -- thats all right for right now, but by the time we get to training camp, it should be about 5 percent. I always try to maintain what I bring in, so Ill hire a trainer to make sure that I lift and do the appropriate workouts the whole year.ON HIS STARBURST HABIT At the end of every year, I always get a blood test to see whats on the inside of my body. Youve got to see what you put into your body, not just care about the outside of your body -- make sure you get in all the supplements and all the protein and all the carbs and the low cholesterol. Last year I was able to see that I could have more durability in my muscles if I would take some more amino acids and do some stuff that would help with recovery. It also told me to stay away from the Starbursts -- I was eating too much candy last year.ON HIS WORKOUT REGIMEN I like to work out my legs after a game because that speeds up the recovery process and the blood flow. I hit them the next day, not right after. Postgame on Monday will be a big leg day, and Ill make Thursday my single leg day. But Monday is definitely a big legs day because you get the day off and it gives your legs a chance to recover for a long week of practice. Ill do squats, single leg lunges. It just gives you that fresh blood after a hard-fought game.I also do a lot of swimming during the year. I try to swim once or twice a week. I basically hold my breath for like 12 laps, down and back, to kind of expand my lungs so that I can have better breathing when it comes down to two-minute drives where youve got to play a lot of plays all in one series and youre hurrying up. I want to know that I have the right oxygen that I can be able to maintain.ON WHAT DROVE HIM TO SUCCEED Even though I was drafted late [sixth round in 2010], Ive just been way hungrier than these guys. Im smarter and I just outworked them. Theres this Muhammad Ali quote: Champions arent made in gyms. They are made from something they have deep inside themselves. Im striving to be the best player I can be. Not just physically, but mentally, spiritually and to give it all I got. If you want to be the best, you cant take the path of least resistance. Every morning you wake up and your mind tells you its too early, and your body tells you youre a little too sore, but youve got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what youre striving for. Darin Erstad Jersey . The defending champion beat Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-3, while second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dispatched Edouard Roger-Vasselin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3. 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I know the questions are coming.Shooting is one of the most divisive sports in the Olympic program.Guns, always a hot-button issue, have been thrust even further to the forefront of public debate with the spate of mass killings in recent years.Sport shooters are staunch supporters of the Second Amendment, given their chosen event. Because they are public figures, more so during Olympic years, they have become targets for anti-gun groups.Mass shootings exacerbate the rift over gun control and often put Olympic shooters in the crosshairs of hate.Its unfortunate that we get lumped in with that, said Rhode, who is vying to become the first American athlete to win medals in a sixth straight Games at next months Rio Olympics. There has to be some kind of reality.When Rhode won her second career gold, in skeet at the 2012 London Games, one of the first questions she was asked by media was about the theater shooting at Aurora, Colorado, which occurred a few days earlier and left 12 dead.Sometimes it goes beyond inquiries.Several shooters have received death threats, requiring extra security in London.Trap shooter Corey Cogdell-Unrein needed extra protection after someone posted hunting videos on her Facebook page without her knowledge.A two-time Olympian, she grew up in Alaska, where the family hunted for its food, and still hunts. Despite saying she didnt agree with the content of the videos, Cogdell-Unrein received numerous death threats before the Olympics.After the London Games, where she won bronze, thousands of people signed a petition to strip her of the medal.Unfortunately, there were people who decided to hone in on me as a public figure at the time and they wanted to push their agenda of trying to stop animal cruelty and hunting, said Cogdell-Unrein, who is headed to Rio. Hopefully that will not happen again. If it does, I will be better prepared for it this time.dddddddddddd I definitely dont support animal cruelty and a lot of the things they were saying I was a part of.As gun laws become stricter, the ability to obtain guns and ammunition could become much tougher for Olympic shooters.In California, where Rhode lives, Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a law requiring background checks for anyone purchasing ammunition, among other restrictions. Rhode burns through up to 1,000 shotgun shells a day in training and is concerned how the new laws will affect her ability to properly prepare.Im not sure how thats going to work out, how thats going to affect me, what thats going to entail, she said. It could make things much more difficult for me to train.Travel is another issue for Olympic shooters.Shooters and their liaisons must keep up on gun laws, not only for each of the 50 states, but any country they may travel to or through for competitions. For air gun shooters, that sometimes means sending their air canisters to their destination ahead of time.Even knowing the regulations doesnt always make things go smoothly.Rhode once had a flight from San Marino delayed for hours after a competition because security officials were concerned she had multiple shotguns and ammunition in her luggage.Jay Shi, an air gun and pistol shooter headed to his first Olympics, had to wait nearly four hours to get cleared into China for a competition as security hand counted every bullet. The process was repeated when he left.Shi had to stand by another time as a security person took out his pistol to examine it because of the strange-looking handle used on competition guns.The rule is not to touch the gun, but they took it out and were looking at it, Shi said. I was freaking because now theyre waving a gun all around.The issues Olympic shooters face wont subside anytime soon.The debate over gun control is a divisive chasm that seems to grow deeper with each mass shooting.Athletes who use guns for their sport will likely always be part of that debate -- whether they want to be or not. ' ' '