Robert Griffin III Quotes

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.

You will find that success in life comes far easier when you maintain a cool head and a warm heart, rather than a hot head and cold feet.

There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don't talk about politics at all.

There's far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don't realize. It's not just about playing football and getting paid to do it. There's a lot of things that you have to deal with.

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

It's always a lot more fun as a quarterback if you can do things you don't normally get to do. So if I can catch a pass and make a play for the team, that's what I'm willing to do.

Warren Moon and Doug Williams really didn't run that much. That's the negative stereotype when it comes to African-American quarterbacks, that most of us just run. Those guys threw it around. I like to think I can throw it around a little bit.

I try to associate myself as just being myself - and being a person, an American citizen, going out there every day and just trying to be successful.

A lot of people have already labeled me the Savior.

I hope somebody falls in love with me - other than my fiancee. But that's what you want. As a player you want a team that really wants you; head coach, GM, owner, everybody that really wants you in their place and the players believe in you. I'm looking forward to making somebody fall in love with me.

No one coaches what to do after three seconds, after the quarterback's broken the pocket or he's been in the pocket for five, six seconds.

You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.

My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.

I don't picture myself as a normal person when I play football, and I don't think anyone else pictures me that way as well.

If you're out there stressing on your pro day, then you're not going to perform well, so I plan on having a little fun. Play a little music while we're out there throwing the football, have everybody tapping their toes and bobbing their head and just go out there and make the most of the experience.

My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

Respect talent. Get respect where respect is due, but don't be caught up in yourself where you do things obliviously and not pay attention to what is going on.

Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I'm out there dealing with. I know what I'm out there dealing with. But when it comes to my mindset, I'm 100 percent.

I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.

There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.

The only reason you get drafted or even looked at by the NFL is because they believe you can play at the next level ... if they believe I can do that, you know I believe I can do it.

You don't have to go out there and fit the mold of what a quarterback is supposed to be. Make your own mold and do the best at each role. If you can run with the best and throw with the best, you can be the best quarterback in your own version of the position.

Last time I checked I was able to throw the ball a little bit.

The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out.

I'm always studying. I probably wrote the most papers of any college quarterback.

I think I've proven that I'm throw-first, and then run if I need to.

I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.

I think I'm starting to figure out when I need to get rid of it and when I don't need to.

I don't want people to say I'm a solid quarterback. I want to be the best, and I'll continually work until I get there.

You won't see me taking it easy on the Cowboys because I'm from Texas, you won't see me cheering for the Cowboys because I'm from Texas. I'll be a Redskin, through and through.

There's just a misconception that comes with being a dual-threat quarterback. You run first, throw second. I've proven I throw first and then run if I have to.

When you have fans who are hassling you the entire game and you ignore them, they respect you because their job is to try and distract you. And if they don't distract you, that means you're focused on doing your job. And who knows, by the end, sometimes you even win them over.

Making it to the NFL is a huge accomplishment. Making it in the NFL is a huge accomplishment, but I haven't done that yet. No matter how many games we've played, it's still hard to figure out when you've made it in the NFL.

There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.

You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.

For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do.

That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.

The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.

People have called me Superman my whole life. In various sports, that seems to be the common theme. My favorite superhero is actually the Incredible Hulk. He's the only superhero that can't die.

Whoever I can go out every week and motivate to do better and to try to go after their dreams, I'm up for that.

The mold that everyone is seeing nowadays is kind of the Aaron Rodgers mold - I try to mix and match from the different quarterbacks.

As long as I can run fast, track will always be an option. But right now I'm focused on football because the NFL is knocking on my door and I'm not going to slam it in its face.

Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special.