Lamar Jackson on his thoughts on Jayden Daniels’ game:
“Tremendous. Same thing, you know, he can do it all. Make any throw, run with the best of them, make guys miss, get down the field, put his team in great positions to win…”
It's weird to be able to point to one moment where the club's switch was flicked but I think it was right here. This is where any sort of REAL belief started.
Lamar Jackson says he watched friends chase fast money while he was playing the long game and counting how many years it would take him to reach the NFL
“I’m seeing my friends who I was growing up with who I was playing football with… Just throw their life away for fast money and stuff like that. They used to tell me ‘Oh, you talk too much’. Because I used to always speak about football and positivity stuff. They didn’t want to hear that.”
“Now it’s like… They’d rather hear it now because I’m Lamar Jackson. But I’ve been speaking about it. Everybody just wasn’t listening. I was already seeing what was going on. I wish we could go back in time and y’all could see what I was seeing. Because I always looked at life like, I counted years.”
“Like I would think… ‘How many years does it take to get to the league?’ They’re saying… ‘You do three years in college.’ I said… ‘I’m doing three years.’ I’m not doing four. I’m not trying to go fifth year. I’m doing three years because I’m going to make sure my family is good.”
“If you’re coming from a place like where I come from, don’t try to be like the guys around you. Don’t look up to the stuff that looks like it’s fun… Because sometimes it gets you in trouble.”
“It’s sacrificing. ‘Man, I can’t have fun right now. I’ve got to get my family right. I can’t do this right now. I can’t mess up.’ Forget the fast money. I’ve got to think about longevity.”
“You can get locked up and do five years for $1,000. That money gone. It’s gone. You’re like… ‘Man, I just did that for $1,000…’ And I could have waited five years and I would’ve had $10 million.”
“That’s why I’m where I’m at right now. That’s how I used to think. My mom working… She’s busting her behind. It’s me, my brother and my two sisters at home. I’m the oldest…”
“So I’ve got to make sure everybody right. And it’s like… Man, I can’t wait, but I’ve got to wait. That’s the sacrifice. I’ve got to be patient. People don’t look at it like that. It’s like… ‘Man, I need that money right now.’ But you don’t need that money right now. Just wait.”
Timbaland was giving rappers beats that left absolutely nowhere to hide. You had to really know how to RAP to ride production like this. JAY-Z floated on it. We don’t get enough beats like this anymore.
Lamar Jackson on what he’s chasing in 2026:
“I’m chasing Jesus, man. Better version of myself. I feel like when you’re a great person, you can help other people be great people as well.”
Agent Zero blew our minds on a regular basis back in the day 🤯
Had 51 in this game. I was in the stands for this game. Was a MLK day matinee & the place was packed!
Pep's speech after Kyle Walker left for AC Milan in the middle of a difficult period.
He spoke about how sad it was to see his captain behave that way, especially in a time of adversity.
He said he hated how some of the staff reacted after defeats (eating and laughing) while he couldn't sleep because of the losses.
So many lessons in that. I miss him terribly.
-High school sports
-College parties
-hot girls outnumber put-together dudes 2000 to 1
-sleepovers with your best friends staying up til 2AM watching Interstellar
-get jacked
-crush it at work
-find an honest woman (with a good body)
-travel the world
-host banger dinner parties
-live in the same town with your friends coaching your kids’ Little League team together
-be a hot strong dad
-be the house everyone in your town wants to be at on Thanksgiving -you’re spinning on a sphere in an infinite universe and the fact you’re alive is a 1 in 500 trillion miracle
You’re so lucky it’s absurd and you have nothing to lose :)