I want to be remembered as a person who kept it real, who did what he wanted to do, but never did nothing stupid and never tried to offend nobody else. I'm always being myself.
Edgerrin JamesI hate getting yelled at, that'll get you on my bad side. My mom never yelled at me. She just told us what needed to be done and we did it.
Edgerrin JamesTo be the best of all time, you have to do it over and over. I want to keep it up, and then the numbers will speak for themselves.
Edgerrin JamesPeople underestimate me, maybe because of my look, maybe because of my speech, and I love that. I love to give the impression that I'm an easy victim. I ain't nobody's fool, believe that.
Edgerrin JamesMy biggest fear in the world is going broke and having to depend on someone else again.
Edgerrin JamesI just want to live like a full-time tourist, to show up at the airport, pick a destination, walk up to the counter and say, 'Do you have any first-class seats?'
Edgerrin JamesI want to make my mark in the NFL. This is the highest level, and this is where it goes down in history.
Edgerrin JamesI want to be one of the best ever. It's important to me. Why can't I be? Who's faster than me? Not many. Who has the size and can move like me? Not many. Catch passes like me? Not many.
Edgerrin JamesI keep things real simple because I know where I came from and I don't ever want to go back to that way of living.
Edgerrin JamesToo much of my family has messed with drugs. Addiction might be in my genes, so I ain't never tryin' it. It's something you can't control, and I don't like things I can't control. I worked too hard to have it taken away for something stupid. I ain't gonna be laughed at the way I used to laugh at those crackheads.
Edgerrin James