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" 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. "
Me
Week
Sunday
" Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough. "
Tough
You
Injury
" 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. "
Run
You
Time
" 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. "
Speak
Talking
Mind
" 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. "
Improvement
Life
Yourself
" Bless my mom. Mom is everything to me. "
Everything
Bless
Mom
" 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. "
Practice
People
Media
" 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. "
My Own
You
Shoe
" I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me. "
Nothing
Doing
Me
" If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore. "
Me
Playing
Detroit
" I have always been like this. I take after my father. I'm just chill. "
Like
Take
Just
" I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits. "
Me
People
Own
" I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me. "
Hope
Me
Son
" I know where my body's at, know how it feels, you know. "
You
Where
Know
" I like to dress up every now and then. "
Like
Up
Then
" I'm a Southern guy, so Jeezy, T.I., and Outkast are always playing on my iPod. "
Playing
Always
Southern
" I'm just a worker. "
Worker
Just
" It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me. "
Me
Show
Show Off
" 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. "
Place
Love
Football
" I've been a Madden guy since I was little. "
Little
Madden
Since
" 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. "
Hurt
Baseball
Me
" My biggest regret is that I wasn't able to help give our fans a championship. "
Regret
Give
Help
" That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me. "
Ball
Just
Me
" The team doctor, the team trainers, they work for the team. And I love 'em, you know. They're some good people, you know. They want to see you do good. But at the same time, they work for the team, you know. They're trying to do whatever they can to get you back on the field and make your team look good. "
Team
Time
Love
" Trying to be smarter, work smarter, and just take care of my body more and more. "
Work
Take Care
Care
" You know what's funny? 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.' "
Funny
Know
Like
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