Jimmy Graham Quotes
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It can get pretty hectic in New Orleans whenever I go shopping. So I'll fly to Houston, buy my groceries, and then come back - nobody cares there because I'm not J.J. Watt.
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For me, trying the NFL and trying this football thing, because of the home and what I went through in there, to me, it was no big deal. It was just another opportunity for me. I didn't see that bigger, grandiose picture of it, I just took it one day at a time, like how I took it in the group home.
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We play a contact sport, and it's aggressive, and you have to be aggressive in everything you do.
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In my life, the sky is literally the ceiling.
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I'm a multi-racial person - I'm black and white - and growing up in North Carolina, I've dealt with a lot of racism. Growing up as a kid, I've seen it. I've been through it in many forms and fashions.
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Just because somebody is blood-related doesn't make them family.
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I don't care if you're purple. If you're making a catch or going to go down, you could be silver. I couldn't care less, if you're making those plays for the team. If you're a selfless player, nobody pays attention to that at all. White, black, silver, pink, it doesn't matter to me.
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I don't give people time to start talking junk, because I say something to them first.
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I got into college, and a gentleman gave me a ride in a plane, and he flipped it upside down so we're inverted flying, like it was nothing, and from that moment forward, I fell in love with it. I said, 'I've got to learn this; I've got to do this.'
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All I'm about is winning.
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The best way to motivate me is to tell me I can't do something.
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In football, you have to look out for yourself and know when that ride is over. That extra inch after you've already got the first down - what's that going to get you? Not much.
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Whenever you don't catch a ball in a game, you really find out who loves you and who doesn't.
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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.
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I've always been athletic and fast.
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Learning how to walk again was a process for me. It was some of the darker days of my life, but I've had many moments of my life where I've had to just kind of put my head down and work, and this was no different.
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I loved 'Top Gun.' I watched it all growing up.
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The first four years of my career, I never complained. I never demanded. I never said anything about money.
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New Orleans has these older orange lightbulbs, which are really gorgeous. But the main thing that stands out is actually the Superdome.
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My knee injury was something serious. To go six months before I could even jog is pretty serious.
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It just feels amazing to have that moment when you realize things are coming together for your team.
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Seaplanes are like the taxis of the Pacific Northwest.
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When somebody tells you that - 'You've never played this sport, but I think you can be a playmaker' - you think the guy's crazy.
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When I was younger, I could carry 270 around and run go routes, and it was no big deal.