Jimmy Graham Quotes

Jimmy Graham

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 24, 1986

The first four years of my career, I never complained. I never demanded. I never said anything about money.

Jimmy Graham

For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?'

Jimmy Graham

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.

Jimmy Graham

I played college basketball. When I first decided I was going to play football, there were a lot of people telling me that I wasn't going to make it.

Jimmy Graham

I just need to be me.

Jimmy Graham

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.

Jimmy Graham

Just because somebody is blood-related doesn't make them family.

Jimmy Graham

The best way to motivate me is to tell me I can't do something.

Jimmy Graham

In my life, there have been a lot of people who weren't there for me, so to now have people counting on me is awesome.

Jimmy Graham

When I was younger, I could carry 270 around and run go routes, and it was no big deal.

Jimmy Graham

Always felt like I did things right, always felt like I did things for the community and did everything well in New Orleans.

Jimmy Graham

I'm a fairly emotional guy and a fairly kind of aggressive player who some people - especially defensive guys - don't like on the field.

Jimmy Graham

All I'm about is winning.

Jimmy Graham

I loved 'Top Gun.' I watched it all growing up.

Jimmy Graham

I love my body. I take good care of it.

Jimmy Graham

Later in life, I'd like to end up doing air races.

Jimmy Graham

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.'

Jimmy Graham

Every one tells me that I'm a pretty fast eater. I'll sit down to a dinner, and I'll finish in two minutes while everyone else will take 30 minutes.

Jimmy Graham

Logistically, moving from Miami and New Orleans all the way to Seattle isn't the easiest thing. Really, for my dog, she was kind of the biggest hurdle to get here.

Jimmy Graham

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.

Jimmy Graham