Calvin Johnson Quotes
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You never know what can happen in football. It's football.
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You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.
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I got stuff that's going to hurt for the rest of my life.
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I'm an honest guy.
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It is what it is. I balled out, had some good years, man, had fun and did it with some guys and made relationships that will never end.
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My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.
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The team doctor, the team trainers, they work for the team. And I love 'em, you know. They're some good people, you know. They want to see you do good. But at the same time, they work for the team, you know. They're trying to do whatever they can to get you back on the field and make your team look good.
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Sometimes, I'm just a fan of the guy, and we'll switch jerseys.
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It's a part of football, you get concussed, you gotta keep on playing. You can't get afraid to go across the middle any more than you were at the beginning.
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Not many of my friends I had from college are playing in this league. Everybody knows it's a privilege, so you definitely don't knock it because you never know where you may end up.
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I don't want to dog the NFL.
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Retired life's good, man.
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Even if the coverage is leaning toward you or whatever it may be, there's ways to beat it.
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You love the game, but it's hard to do the things you do when you're feeling like you're a leg down all the time, literally. Or you're always beat up, even coming into the season. So it's just not as fun when you're down, and you got to work your way up. And you can't really get there because you're so beat up.
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During the season, I dodge the media, kind of. It's not that I'm trying to avoid them, but I know if they get a hold of me, there's going to be, like, 10 people around me, and I'm going to have to answer question after question, where in that time, after practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.
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Concussions happen. If not on every play, then they happen like every other, every third play, you know.
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Each year, you've got to talk about it more and more, you've got to have programs. You're doing these camps, you've got to talk about concussion awareness.
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All of us growing up, if you're a professional player or a college player, you're molding your game after guys. You see guys, you see things guys do. Like Randy Moss, I'm a Randy Moss guy.
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I think if anybody had the opportunity to stay in one place and play ball, they would.
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I'm going to discipline my kids, and can't no one tell me how to discipline my kids.
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Just try to add more things to my game each year.
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I got chronic stuff that everybody has when they're done playing football for any length of time. So the good thing is I'm able to walk. I feel good. I'm able to spend more time with the fam.
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As NFL players, we have such a platform to spread the Word of God. And that is an area I don't mind speaking out on at all. As far as talking about my football skills, however, I will let my abilities and actions speak for themselves.
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It's not a public matter when you discipline your family.