Robert Griffin III's Quotes

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.

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.

To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote.

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.

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.

You can say whatever you want; it doesn't matter. It doesn't faze me. I'll still go out and do what I have to do, whether that's making A's in the classroom or doing well on the field.

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.

You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen.

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.

For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.

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

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.

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

As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.

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

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

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.

I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.

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.

Man, I love the 'Lord of the Rings' movies. Some people would say I'm weird for liking those types of movies, but they are so cool.

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

Teams are going to try to hit me because they think I can't take a hit. I think I've proven over my career that I can.

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.

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

Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there.

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

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.

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.

I grew up in the military. I've lived that life. I know that our soldiers are out there fighting for our right to vote, and they're out there fighting for other countries' rights to vote... Guys have been dying for it, and we have to go out and exercise it.

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.

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.

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.