Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson Jr.is a retired American football wide receiver who played his entire career for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Lions second overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Tech, where he was recognized as an All-American twice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth29 September 1985
CityNewnan, GA
CountryUnited States of America
I have my own people that make my clothes, because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
I like to run the slants. The slants are cool. I like routes that you can catch the ball running.
I am here to put out a positive athlete,
I hoping to make it [decision] sometime next week. I love the academics at Tech. I can get a great degree there in engineering. Georgia has the ability to win it all next season. I think I can play early at both schools. It's going to be tough.
You didn't want to bring home anything but an A or a B. To my mom, a C was like an F.
There's times when you catch a ball and really didn't even see that ball. You're like, 'That couldn't have been all me.'
The goal every year is to win the Super Bowl, not just to get to the playoffs, not just to win a few games.
I don't really get too frustrated. I know I'm going to get the ball.
You've got to be ready for everything. When it comes to everyone's opinion, that's what you've got to go through.
You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't.
We still need to play fundamental football, and we must rise to the occasion if nothing else.
It wasn't really until the 10th or 11th grade when I started to play well, and football took the place of baseball, which was my love when I was five years old. I don't know what happened; baseball just got boring to me, I guess.
I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.
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.