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
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.
He's a good player, you know. We didn't throw the ball. Didn't have too many chances to go up against him, not one on one.
We have experienced, for the first time in this country, a nuclear winter, ... This justice system has had to overcome issues no other justice system in this country has had to deal with.
We had a good spring, so whatever he did, he did a good job.
As long as somebody gets open, it doesn't matter who gets the ball, ... We've got five receivers that can start at any time. It's not really a problem.
I'm a Southern guy, so Jeezy, T.I., and Outkast are always playing on my iPod.
He told us it'd be a great opportunity for us. And it turned out it was.
It's a lot of fun. It's a good place to bring the family and have a good time.
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.