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

Jimmy Graham

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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.

me college football people

In my life, the sky is literally the ceiling.

ceiling my-life sky life

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?'

day good me you

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.

fly nobody new shopping

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.

day me home time

I'm a multi-racial person - I'm black and white - and growing up in North Carolina, I've dealt with a lot of racism. Growing up as a kid, I've seen it. I've been through it in many forms and fashions.

black-and-white black racism white

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.

some-people like emotional people

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

good care body love

Learning how to walk again was a process for me. It was some of the darker days of my life, but I've had many moments of my life where I've had to just kind of put my head down and work, and this was no different.

me learning work life

All I'm about is winning.

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

somebody just-because just family

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

carry big go run

I just need to be me.

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

new everything always community

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

end doing like life

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.'

ride me moment love

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.

down will me dinner

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.

new dog way moving

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.

my-life me life people

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.

ride yourself you football