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" I got into college, and a gentleman gave me a ride in a plane, and he flipped it upside down so we're inverted flying, like it was nothing, and from that moment forward, I fell in love with it. I said, 'I've got to learn this; I've got to do this.' "

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" It can get pretty hectic in New Orleans whenever I go shopping. So I'll fly to Houston, buy my groceries, and then come back - nobody cares there because I'm not J.J. Watt. "

Jimmy Graham

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New

Nobody

" Always felt like I did things right, always felt like I did things for the community and did everything well in New Orleans. "

Jimmy Graham

New

Did

" I'm a fairly emotional guy and a fairly kind of aggressive player who some people - especially defensive guys - don't like on the field. "

" Just because somebody is blood-related doesn't make them family. "

" For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?' "

Jimmy Graham

Yourself

Day

" Whenever you don't catch a ball in a game, you really find out who loves you and who doesn't. "

" I'm the type of guy who, right as I'm taking off, I'm deciding, 'Hey, where do I want to go today?' "

Jimmy Graham

Off

Today

" I don't have chips on my shoulders, I have bricks. "

" Later in life, I'd like to end up doing air races. "

Jimmy Graham

Life

" In my life, the sky is literally the ceiling. "

" I played college basketball. When I first decided I was going to play football, there were a lot of people telling me that I wasn't going to make it. "

Jimmy Graham

College

People

" Every one tells me that I'm a pretty fast eater. I'll sit down to a dinner, and I'll finish in two minutes while everyone else will take 30 minutes. "

" I love my body. I take good care of it. "

" I just need to be me. "

Jimmy Graham

Just

Need

" When I was a kid, I used to think about what my worth was. "

" New Orleans has these older orange lightbulbs, which are really gorgeous. But the main thing that stands out is actually the Superdome. "

" When I was younger, I could carry 270 around and run go routes, and it was no big deal. "

" In football, you have to look out for yourself and know when that ride is over. That extra inch after you've already got the first down - what's that going to get you? Not much. "

" I loved 'Top Gun.' I watched it all growing up. "

" I don't care if you're purple. If you're making a catch or going to go down, you could be silver. I couldn't care less, if you're making those plays for the team. If you're a selfless player, nobody pays attention to that at all. White, black, silver, pink, it doesn't matter to me. "

" Logistically, moving from Miami and New Orleans all the way to Seattle isn't the easiest thing. Really, for my dog, she was kind of the biggest hurdle to get here. "

" In my life, there have been a lot of people who weren't there for me, so to now have people counting on me is awesome. "

Jimmy Graham

Awesome

My Life

" All I'm about is winning. "

Jimmy Graham

About

Winning

" For me, trying the NFL and trying this football thing, because of the home and what I went through in there, to me, it was no big deal. It was just another opportunity for me. I didn't see that bigger, grandiose picture of it, I just took it one day at a time, like how I took it in the group home. "