Calvin Johnson

Anything negative that comes at me throughout the week, you just take it and put it in that box over there for motivation and use it on Sunday.

Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.

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

The team needs me out there on the field. And sometimes you allow that to jeopardize yourself, but that's just the nature of the world.

As NFL players, we have such a platform to spread the Word of God. And that is an area I don't mind speaking out on at all. As far as talking about my football skills, however, I will let my abilities and actions speak for themselves.

Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.

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

Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

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

I got chronic stuff that everybody has when they're done playing football for any length of time. So the good thing is I'm able to walk. I feel good. I'm able to spend more time with the fam.

My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.

During the season, I dodge the media, kind of. It's not that I'm trying to avoid them, but I know if they get a hold of me, there's going to be, like, 10 people around me, and I'm going to have to answer question after question, where in that time, after practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.