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
You didn't want to bring home anything but an A or a B. To my mom, a C was like an F.
If our next president is a woman, it will be Hilary Clinton and our country will be all the better for it.
There are among us those that would criticize our Confederate ancestors. Would you allow a stranger to come into your house and criticize your little ones? I say it's not whether we should be ashamed of our fathers and mothers of the Old Confederacy. I say it's a question of whether they should be ashamed of us.
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,
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.'
We still need to play fundamental football, and we must rise to the occasion if nothing else.
You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't.
I don't really get too frustrated. I know I'm going to get the ball.
The goal every year is to win the Super Bowl, not just to get to the playoffs, not just to win a few games.
You've got to be ready for everything. When it comes to everyone's opinion, that's what you've got to go through.
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.
I have my own people that make my clothes, because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
Hopefully I can finish my degree before I get done playing and work with my foundation.