A biography for DeSean Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“I just feel like now, I have a family, I have kids. I do everything for them. I just think about what's the legacy I want to leave when I'm gone, what do I want people to say about me?”
“We're professionals. We're NFL players. We get paid to do a job, to go out there and execute the plan.”
“When I got released in 2013, I just felt that was an unfortunate situation for me.”
“I've been around some great teams, I've been a part of some great teams and done some special things.”
“It would be great to go out there to catch all the deep balls and keep scoring and scoring, but obviously teams are not going to let that happen.”
“Everybody used to always give me a hard time, 'You never really lift weights like that.' I would lift enough, but instead of lifting weights, I'm standing on a track field.”
“I just want to reach back help pull people out of the poverty, the slums where we're stuck at.”
“I know who my real homies are.”
“People misjudge it sometimes and think I'm selfish or I'm quiet or I'm rude because I don't talk.”
“I think the sky's the limit for me.”
“I work hard and I play hard.”
“I'm just a firm believer that you work hard, you put in the work, you continuously go out there and show what you're capable of doing.”
“I used to always say, 'Cheetahs don't stretch.' And I look at myself as a cheetah.”
“When I was released by the Eagles, I feel they tried to paint a picture that definitely wasn't true. It was a slap in the face, coming off one of my best seasons in the NFL.”
“I feel like I have a pretty good head on my shoulders about what to expect and how to come in and work as a veteran.”
“There's not always bright lights. Sometimes you have to go through dark tunnels to be able to get to the success.”
“The money that these baseball players are getting, I'm like, 'Man I picked the wrong sport.' But I'm having a great career. I wouldn't change it for the world.”
“Going from college to the NFL, you have to prove yourself.”
“A lot of times I tend to think back to me having nothing, growing up in an area where I didn't know nothing but to do what I had to do to get it.”
“I'm a firm believer in if you put it in, you're going to get it out.”