Calvin Johnson Quotes

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Calvin Johnson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 29, 1985

To be able to sit back and enjoy the game, sit back and watch guys that you know played and you might have worked with it or you personally know, it's cool; it's awesome to sit back and say I know that guy because you're more of a fan of that game and that person.

Calvin Johnson

That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.

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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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I've watched Urkel since I was a little kid.

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Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.

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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.

Calvin Johnson

Guys get concussions, they don't tell the coaches. It happens.

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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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I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.

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My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.

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When I first came into the league, my first three, four years, I had a teammate from college win a Super Bowl.

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I know where my body's at, know how it feels, you know.

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I got stuff that's going to hurt for the rest of my life.

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I'm not coming back to play.

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Some days I wouldn't even go to class. I'd sit in the room and play video games with my friends and eat powdered mashed potatoes.

Calvin Johnson

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 don't think things have changed for me. Yes, I got a big contract, but my focus is still the same.

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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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