Calvin Johnson Quotes
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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Everybody has their struggles.
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I've got a lot of miles on my legs.
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I'm okay with anybody expressing their rights.
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For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
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I've got a lot of other things I want to do.
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God gave me the ability, so why not? Go out there and play for Him. Maximize the talent He gave you.
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That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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I know where my body's at, know how it feels, you know.
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I gotta go through, like, a little routine when I wake up in the morning to get everything functioning and ready to go. But, the only thing is everything just goes back to gridlock so fast once I sit down, 'cause you know you go to work again.
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Trying to be smarter, work smarter, and just take care of my body more and more.
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I've got nothing to be ashamed of.
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Guys get concussions, they don't tell the coaches. It happens.
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Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.
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All the energy, all the pain, sweat and tears that go into it, the amount I had to put in to get me to where I had to play, it was more taxing on me physically and mentally than it was good for me.
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I was able to do well for myself, make a statement in the league. I had a heck of a time doing it, but at the end of the day, it's about me and my family and being comfortable and being fun.
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I'm a Southern guy, so Jeezy, T.I., and Outkast are always playing on my iPod.
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It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.
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Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.
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I like to dress up every now and then.
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I don't think things have changed for me. Yes, I got a big contract, but my focus is still the same.