Keyshawn Johnson Quotes (22 Quotes)


    I don't care how quiet a guy is. If he's a receiver, he has a big ego.

    It's good to have it out of the way so people can get on with free agency and prepare for the 2006 season without distraction.

    If we'd have lost, it would've been hell having to stay here the whole week. It would've been real difficult.

    We actually talked a long time ago up in New England about one day maybe we'd play together, ... Just Give Me The Damn Ball

    You know those guys can play. You don't have to worry about that. Because you know our head coach knows something about football. Our head coach knows something about players. And he's going to get the right guys who know how to win.


    I hope every team in the league keeps thinking like Irvin. They are going to get the same thing the Chargers, Redskins and 49ers did. Terry is legit, and I know I am legit.

    Trust me, I am fine. I'm healthy, I'm free from a horrible situation, and in a couple of months I'll be one of the two hottest receivers on the free-agent market, along with Terrell Owens . That means I'm going to get a nice payday and play for a team that wants me. I'm stunned and disappointed by what happened, but honestly, I'm relieved.

    People that know him and have got a feel for him can understand what he could possibly be going through, ... but I don't think any one particular player who played for him in the past is really trying to find anything out. We're just trying to go along with the way he approaches things.


    It was luck, totally luck. We're entitled to have a bad game and still win, at least once.

    Since I've been in the NFL, I've never seen a team go 10-6 and not make the playoffs. I've seen teams that were 9-7 and 8-8 make the playoffs. It would be mind-boggling to be 10-6 and not make the playoffs.

    I drive like a grown man. I drive what the speed limit says. Speed is not part of my daily routine. I like cars, but when I have an opportunity to get one, I don't want to spend a whole bunch of money on a car. I'm not trying to spend over sticker.

    That's not a leader. That's a fictitious, phony person selling something. I am not selling my leadership. I am just going to do what they ask me to do. That's leadership for me.

    They'll continue to show it on television, ... They'll show it on ESPN 40 times. They'll say I'm a cancer. The crowd loved it. The fans love it. The producers in the truck love it because it's big news. But to us, it's a joke.

    I would have liked to play with him for my entire career. I really would have. This is the first time I've had the luxury of having a quarterback that people basically said was a can't-miss guy when he came out.

    Most of the time, 10 wins gets you like the fourth seed, third seed.

    I thought this was the best place for me to get back to the Super Bowl. The opportunity to play with Steve (Smith) is a great one and our goal is not in catches, but in wins.

    I know Sammy, so I was playing with him a little bit. But when you see that situation like that (one-on-one coverage by a backup cornerback), that just tells you that obviously they must really think that I can't play football. You're making a big mistake in that coverage.


    This is what matters to me, ... Not all the big numbers, the fancy statistics. I want to make the plays that count.

    I don't want to sound arrogant, but that's probably like six times that Bill and I have done this through the course of our relationship at the end of games, where it's been that play where it's do or basically die and they come to me. We've done pretty well.



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