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Calvin Johnson

Basketball Player

116 quotes in 397 categories

Calvin Johnson is a basketball player, best known for Tears God Cried.

Quick Facts About Calvin Johnson

Profession: Basketball Player
Notable works: Tears God Cried

About Calvin Johnson

Calvin Johnson Jr. is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the Detroit Lions. Nicknamed "Megatron" after the Transformers character of the same name, he is regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. Johnson played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, winning the Fred Biletnikoff Award and Paul Warfield Trophy in 2006. He was selected by the Lions second overall in the 2007 NFL draft.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Calvin Johnson

My biggest regret is that I wasn't able to help give our fans a championship.

Championship

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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.

Around

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I have always been like this. I take after my father. I'm just chill.

Always

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

Going

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It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.

Easy

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I've been a Madden guy since I was little.

Been

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During the season, I dodge the media. After practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.

Body

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I got a finger that's literally bone-on-bone. This bad boy, it gets smaller. The more and more I do, it grinds bone-on-bone.

Bad

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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.

Just

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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying…

Help

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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.

Come

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You didn't want to bring home anything but an A or a B. To my mom, a C was like an F.

Home

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Just try to add more things to my game each year.

Game

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When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.

College

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I don't really get too frustrated. I know I'm going to get the ball.

Balls

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I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt.…

Baseball

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When you're in the game, you're still in the moment.

Game

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Retired life's good, man.

Good

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I've got a lot of miles on my legs.

Got

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Trying to be smarter, work smarter, and just take care of my body more and more.

Body

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The thing I don't miss is waking up in the morning, hurting, the grind of the game.

Game

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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…

Energy

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You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't.

Down and

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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.

Behind

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It's not a public matter when you discipline your family.

Discipline

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