How Jaylon Johnson will stay motivated after earning an extension with the Chicago Bears: ‘I want that yellow jacket’
by Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune
Mar 12, 2024
3 minutes
When cornerback Jaylon Johnson considered Monday morning how he will maintain his drive for greatness as he returns to the Chicago Bears on a new contract, he remembered the self-motivation he learned from his father.
As a kid, Johnson watched Johnny Johnson Sr. play flag football and saw his father talking to himself on the field.
“He’d be like, ‘That dude over there thinks I’m soft or I’m weak,‘“ Johnson said. “I’m like, ‘Dad, what the hell you talking about? … Did he really say that?’ He’d be like, ‘I believe he
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