Jameis Winston: “I’m A Great Human Being”
February 16th, 2019
America’s Quarterback has a very high opinion of himself, so he told a national audience recently.
It’s rare to hear a man anywhere say, “I’m a great human being.” But that’s what Jameis Winston told Adam Schein on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio airwaves.
Here’s the verbatim exchange that takes you into the mind of Jameis:
Adam Schein: Whats the biggest misconception about Jameis Winston?
Jameis Winston: The biggest misconception about me is that I’m not a good person. You know, but I do my best every single day on and off the field to make sure that I’m being the best me — no matter what. I know that I’m adamant in the community. I’m a great human being. And I love life, and I’m always going to love life. I’m going to be myself.
Man, Jameis is a supremely interesting guy. What a psychological study he would be.
Jameis is not alone in his assessment of his human greatness. Bucs right tackle Demar Dotson said shortly after the regular season that Jameis is not the guy he heard about when he starred for Florida State University, and certainly not the man you’d expect to find in a “groping situation.” Those are Dotson’s words.
“You’re not going to get another quarterback in here that’s going to be hungry and compete like Jameis doin’,” Dotson said. “You know, he takes a beating because he’s the quarterback. You know, those are guys that’s going to always get the praises first and always going to get the frowns. So you know, a guy like Jameis, man, he competin’.
“A lot of guys outside this building don’t see the work that he put in. He’s the first one in the building, usually last one to leave. He’s competing hard in practice. Doing everything he can to be a good football player. And not only that, he’s a good person. He treat everybody in the building with respect. And all the things that you heard about the guy coming out of college, you just don’t see it. Even the incident that he got in with the groping situation I mean that’s not who he is. He’s a tremendous person and a tremendous football player.”
It’s nice to hear that Jameis is a “great human being.” Fans have been hearing that for years. Now it’s time for great football.
February 16th, 2019 at 8:46 pm
Now if only he can be a great QB…
February 16th, 2019 at 8:53 pm
Cue the ridiculous cascade of hate in 3..2..1..
February 16th, 2019 at 8:56 pm
Just keep working hard to be the best NFL QB you can be Jameis.
Be yourself and give your all to the process. That’s all anyone can ask of you.
Haters gonna hate – but most will crawl back into the woodwork from whence they came as soon as this TEAM starts winning football games consistently.
February 16th, 2019 at 9:06 pm
I thought only people with severe mental illness said things like “I’m a great human being.”
February 16th, 2019 at 9:16 pm
Yet “Lubby” thinks trump is AMAZIIIIING!!! 😆😆🤣🤣🙈🙈😁. Just a hunch lol
February 16th, 2019 at 9:18 pm
Hey joe can you help me out?
I searched the term ‘Dream room’ in the jbf archives and could find anything? I missed the article you posted on dream rooms and was trying to find it. Lmk. Ty.
February 16th, 2019 at 9:19 pm
@Lubby
Your Prez says it every day. Maybe Jameis is preparing for a career in politics after football.
February 16th, 2019 at 9:34 pm
Sounds like he just answered a question to me. Dude is being called all kinds of names and there’s all kinds of negativity out there so being asked about a misconception I’m not sure why he couldn’t say that.
I could Big Ben answering the same way
February 16th, 2019 at 9:35 pm
Is this the Onion?
February 16th, 2019 at 10:02 pm
Muhamad Ali : “I’m a great man”.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:08 pm
Wow!
February 16th, 2019 at 10:10 pm
Give him a couple drinks and put him within sniffing distance of a girl and all bets are off on this “great human being” stuff.
Something tells me there’s the Jameis Winston that his teammates know, which for the most part probably isnt a really deep relationship beyond work….
and then there’s the Jameis Winston that hits the clubs and the after parties with his crew of ne’er-do-well’s….
It all depends on perspective.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:16 pm
Is he trying to convince us or himself?
February 16th, 2019 at 10:19 pm
Yeah, well, Ghandi was a great human being, too, and threw a lot fewer pics and fumbles.
You’ll never hear Ghandi referred to as America’s Turnover Machine, either.
Just keep your piehole shut, Winston, and win.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:21 pm
Now that there’s funny. I don’t care who ya are.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:29 pm
Adamant in the community?
February 16th, 2019 at 10:30 pm
Jameis a victim of gold digging skanks and a society infected with the Libtard STD…
Jameis is the most important buccaneer of all time accept it and love it!
February 16th, 2019 at 10:37 pm
I firmly believe he is, he shouldn’t worry about defending himself, just get better on the field. Too many people throwing stones over a groping allegation. I guess everyone else are perfect human beings not having made a mistake when they were young.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:44 pm
Those of you passing judgment on jameis without having all the facts and no one has all the facts are the lowest character scum…. jameis has never been charged or convicted of anything. I am sure you judgemental losers are good Christians though…. hypocrites
February 16th, 2019 at 10:51 pm
Adamant: adjective, refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind. “I’m adamant in my community.” Or. “I refuse to be persuaded in my community.”
February 16th, 2019 at 10:51 pm
Dwayne Haskins @ 5
February 16th, 2019 at 10:53 pm
Outside of this fan base he is not well received. It will take years of playoff appearances until other fans will forget the headbutt, finger poke, and the America’s Groper incident. we don’t understand it because we have been rooting for him for 4 years. It is boom or bust this year.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:53 pm
If Bucs lose Adam Humphries, having Brate is another dependable pass catcher who is in tune with Jameis would help.
Line Cameron Brate in the slot some time with OJ Howard at TE. What a mismatch
Whatever you do Bucs, don’t get rid of your best players in their prime.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:54 pm
Miken
That’s funny. What does that mean?
“I’m adamant in the community “
This is getting weird.
Can’t wait for some actual football. Talk is cheap . Go ball out. Don’t need any more speeches
Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth
February 16th, 2019 at 11:03 pm
You go Jameis ! One love ✊🏽❤️
February 16th, 2019 at 11:03 pm
Yet another thought of his that should not be verbalized. How about; “I’m TRYING to be a great person.”?!…big difference!
Great people never have to speak about their greatness. If one is great, others will make it known!
Why is #3 talking so much?
February 16th, 2019 at 11:08 pm
Jameis –IMO–had a drinking problem and committed felonies when drunk–totally not unusual. I honestly think he groped that girl in a blackout. He probably went too far with the FSU girl–she was probably saying a whole lotta “no” after the fact. The FSU girl does not get any feel sorry from me–she took a ride with 3 big blk dudes from college and what was she thinking was gonna happen. Anyway she lucky it wasn’t worse by far.
February 16th, 2019 at 11:11 pm
Please don’t be too hard on Jameis. He was probably trying to say that he is “Adam Ant” in the community.
February 16th, 2019 at 11:25 pm
Justabucfan
Don’t hide under a new name. Is that you Webster? Don’t be scared.
So you are saying :
Jameis = Muhammad Ali.
👍
February 16th, 2019 at 11:26 pm
Slow, slow…slow news (and “reporting”) day. All…day.
Sheesh.
Go Bucs!
February 16th, 2019 at 11:28 pm
At least Adam Ant makes more sense.
February 16th, 2019 at 11:32 pm
If you have to go around telling everybody that you are a great human being……………………………
February 17th, 2019 at 12:00 am
BringBucsBack
You would not recognize a great person if Gandhi himself nut punched your sorry judgemental arse…
February 17th, 2019 at 12:09 am
[Accusing any Bucs player of committing a felony can and will get you run. — Joe]
February 17th, 2019 at 12:10 am
Joe is having a difficult time picturing Mahatma Gandhi blasting someone in the junk. 🤣
February 17th, 2019 at 12:14 am
Jameis is a great human being. If the Bashers would only give him a chance.
February 17th, 2019 at 12:26 am
the joe, jameis parse continues… cant wait for the real news when training camp starts.
February 17th, 2019 at 3:18 am
Nah, you’re not a great person, you’re an uber person Jamieson!
February 17th, 2019 at 5:26 am
It depends.
Gandhi before or after he stopped eating ?
February 17th, 2019 at 5:32 am
The Tampa Bay Talkaneers…Talk is cheap. He can work his tail off, do his charity work to fix his image but the bottom line is: he’s a crappy QB, 4 years! in.
February 17th, 2019 at 7:52 am
Hopefully BA will come to his senses after seeing Jamyth 1st hand starting 1 April when OTA’s for teams with new coaches begins…
Dwayne Haskins @ 5th
Thunderdome @ OBC
February 17th, 2019 at 7:58 am
True. He is a great human being. I’d be proud if my sister came home with him. I’d grin ear to ear if my kid picked him as a role model. Hell im almost twice his age and I look up to him in that department. In the character department his positive qualities vastly outweigh his negative qualities.
Now if he could just hit the broad side of a barn that’s farther than 30 yards away, that would be nice.
February 17th, 2019 at 8:35 am
Did anyone ever asked him which hand he used on the uber driver?
February 17th, 2019 at 8:42 am
Winning is the best deodorant.
February 17th, 2019 at 9:01 am
College coach told me
“if you are great you don’t have to tell people. They’ll see it”
Show us Jameis, from what we’ve seen so far you are not great at life or football
February 17th, 2019 at 9:17 am
The sad part is, the media has slayed Jameis over the years since he was drafted to the point that perception has become reality for many when it comes to him…
I read an article a while back with the header reading “Jameis Winstons NFL career maured by off the field incidents”… “Incidents” being plural I was trying to figure out what other trouble he’s been in other than the Uber incident since arriving in Tampa and couldn’t think of or find anything; no time line of events, nothing…the reality is most of the negative press Jameis receives is recycled BS or as our president would call it, “fake news”…
Imho he needs to tune out the haters, focus on getting better on the field, do his best to eat as many W’s as ha can, and let the chips fall where they may because haters will always hate…
February 17th, 2019 at 9:19 am
yep.. Publix and Uber want to hire him because of his honesty .
February 17th, 2019 at 9:55 am
Seriously?
Rape allegation and settlement while at FSU along with assorted nonsense like stealing crab legs from Publix. Add to that the Uber assault and subsequent suspension and adds up to being a “great human being”?
Seriously????
February 17th, 2019 at 10:21 am
Jameis sure gets framed a lot…
February 17th, 2019 at 10:23 am
Tmaxcon
I love how – in the same sentence – you criticize everyone judging Jameis without all the facts by calling ALL OF THEM scum.
My favorite part is that I’m positive you see zero sense of irony in that.
You keep being you, I just hope it’s not contagious.
February 17th, 2019 at 10:30 am
BrianBucs ….perhaps he has to continue to tell peeps that cause of peeps like yourself, who continually tell us how evil he is….
Ever think of that smart guy. Nope, cause you don’t think.
🙂
February 17th, 2019 at 10:32 am
Ben I’m quite sure you fell out of heaven this morning and you’re the perfect human being…you’re always honest, and you’ve never lied…
Some of the same people that play judge and jury on all things Jameis make JW look like a chior boy…thank God none of your lives are under a microscope 24/7…
February 17th, 2019 at 10:35 am
Brian does ANYTHING he says really matter to you ANYWAYS?
BrianBucs Says:
July 21st, 2018 at 10:50 am
“Some people just don’t “Get It” and so far Winston has proven to be one of those people. Or he could just be so self-center, cocky and arrogant that he thinks he can just do anything he wants and get away with it. You have to remember his favorite saying – Lions are not concerned with the opinions of sheep.If Winston hasn’t “gotten it” by now, he probably won’t ever.”
February 17th, 2019 at 10:49 am
one buc… Has he proved to be worthy of the 1st pick in the draft or has he been passed by by qb’s taken after him ? Didn’t he cost his school Big $$ following
female issues with charges of rape .. Did you see Winston (video) in the cafe screaming the nastiest things he wanted done to some female in front of other students . Didn’t Winston “borrow” crap legs from Publix and tried to lie his way out which the employee and publix both said the items were not given to him? Didn’t Winston forget to tell the nfl and team and the incident with the uber driver and then lied saying he was with another guys? Did he put his team 1st and sAY he is not allowed on uber and why? Did he try to hide from the truth again which got him suspended ? would you want him to be the face our beloved bucs nationally?? humm (just my opinion)
February 17th, 2019 at 10:55 am
So blatantly lying to your own team is no big deal either ?
February 17th, 2019 at 11:08 am
A lion doesn’t have to tell you it’s a lion.
Typically, great human beings don’t have to tell you that they’re great human beings…..unless they’re actually hiding something.
And what the hell is his definition of “great”, I wonder? Giving back? Yeah, multi millionaires who give back thousands are great (sarcasm, dripping with sarcasm).
February 17th, 2019 at 11:15 am
I have the up most confidence in Jameis’ adamancy in the community
February 17th, 2019 at 11:18 am
But on a serious note…
JW managed to keep quiet after the suspension… looks to be getting harder and harder for him to do so, which would be OK except for the weird things he’s saying.
If it continues, it can’t bode well.
February 17th, 2019 at 11:23 am
Ben – its fake news bro…
Everything that happened at FSU is old news (6 or 7 years old now) yet you bring it up like it just happened…Please give me a time line of off-field events since he’s been in the league…. I’ll wait…
February 17th, 2019 at 11:42 am
Onebuc55
Hey. That’s you Ndog
You left your trade mark saying.
February 17th, 2019 at 11:44 am
Why is it Winston is tag as a turnover machine and these guys were not after their 1st 4 years
Winston 76
Brady 70
Luck 69
P. Manning 92
Newton 65
Brees 63
E. Manning 76
Big Ben 62
February 17th, 2019 at 11:47 am
He didnt lie he was with other guys. There were two different female uber drivers that night not one.
February 17th, 2019 at 11:49 am
Ben the publix employee did tell Nfl investigators that it was a food hook up. It was a common thing at thay store. Ben everything you are saying is false…
February 17th, 2019 at 11:54 am
What is the point that the stink is so bad, that even winning will not cover it up anymore??????
2019 season will reveal answers to the sheep, that the “real” fans already know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 17th, 2019 at 12:19 pm
I only care if a player is a “great human being” after they are great on the field.
Felonies aside.
February 17th, 2019 at 12:32 pm
Good for him! If you can’t love yourself, how can you love anyone or anything else? People that get off on the modesty angle act are just bores. I like my QBs bash, loud and confident. Of course those dullards will be triggered by this, but who cares about them, they’re dullards.
February 17th, 2019 at 12:58 pm
Cobraboy. Winston has a clean criminal record
February 17th, 2019 at 1:37 pm
“Jameis Freeman
can we have Jameis photoshopped in the Michael Jackson pose?
Kobe Faker
February 17th, 2019 at 2:36 pm
tmax- Jameis CAN become a great Buc, but he is far from one of the greatest yet. There’s only one place that a player needs to prove they’re great…..the football field.
My advice to Jameis would be to stay quiet, be humble, and put it on the field. INDEED, he will quiet the “haters” and detractors. This is year FIVE. Be a better QB, that’s all.
NOBODY can cast stones lest they be perfect. I don’t know a single human being who fits that category. He’s the one who has to look in the mirror every day. I don’t need him to tell me what kind of man he is.
February 17th, 2019 at 4:13 pm
Omg. Adamant in the community? There is zero chance he was going to Stanford. None.
February 17th, 2019 at 5:26 pm
jaywill
February 17th, 2019 at 11:44 am
Why is it Winston is tag as a turnover machine and these guys were not after their 1st 4 years
Winston 76
Brady 70
Luck 69
P. Manning 92
Newton 65
Brees 63
E. Manning 76
Big Ben 62
Jaywill
I agree, best post yet
February 17th, 2019 at 7:08 pm
“I’m a great human being,” says the guy who settled two sexual assault accusations.
Sure, dude.You’re humble AF too.
February 17th, 2019 at 7:22 pm
Draft Dwayne Haskins and let the best QB win….Move On.Bucs
February 17th, 2019 at 8:38 pm
@ Jaywill
Was not referring to Winston.
My point was that fans care about performance, and are willing to forgive them. Marginal players, and I would include Winston at this point, don’t get the same pass.
I just want Winston to shut up and produce on the field. I’ll cheer the “Great Human Being” later.
Trent Differ defines “Great Human Being” and he was never a fan favorite for his on-field production.
February 17th, 2019 at 9:56 pm
It’s simple, if You don’t like Jameis, stop rooting for the the team, we true Buc fans will not miss You!!! Go Bucs!!! Prove them wrong Jameis!!!! Go Bucs!!!! Bucs4life…….
February 18th, 2019 at 6:27 am
I’m a great human being too….BUT…I have NEVER been accused of rape in college, and settled monetarily with my accuser to make it go away, nor have I caused my university pay this same person $900k to make it go away, nor have it stood on a cafeteria table, shouting FHITP, nor have it told young girls to sit down, nor have it been on the sidelines in street clothes, and start a fight on the field, nor have I needed to be restrained from attacking one of my coaches, and finally nor have I been suspended from employment for a month for sexually groping an Uber driver. Other than that, at least as far as we know….Winston is a great human being too.
February 18th, 2019 at 6:32 am
Not sure why people here are commenting on his ability, or LACK of ability as a QB. This article is about his ability, or LACK of ability to be a good person. He’s not. And he’s proved it. Repeatedly.
February 18th, 2019 at 7:36 am
The Jameis hate is all made of of assumptions, allegations, and Jason Licht’s failures as a GM. Hopefully Licht sets Jameis up for success this season. No success and back come the Fire Lichters.
February 18th, 2019 at 9:28 am
“F**k that b*tch in the p***y” – yeah a REAL CLASS ACT.
February 18th, 2019 at 10:05 am
Please stop talking to the media.