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.

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.

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.

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.

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

A lot of people have already labeled me the Savior.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.

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.

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

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.

I try to keep my confidence on the charts, but I'm a confident guy as well. You've got to be that way. If you don't think that you're the best, then you won't perform that way.

It's believable because great things don't happen without hard work

I hate to talk about myself like that, but if I had to straight up tell a head coach or an owner why they should take me, it's because I'm the best in everything I've done.

People have said some really good things about my performance, and that's what I'm happy about, what I'm excited about. I was able to go out there, and like I said, I put my best foot forward.

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.

It's not about talent once you get to the NFL because everyone's got it. It's about being willing to go that extra mile to be the best and that's something that I've always done.

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

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.

The Redskins haven't won the division since 1999, and we came in and we did it in one year!

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

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.

I know I'm the No. 1 quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and that's all that matters in my heart. That's all I wanted. I wanted a team that wanted me, and I found that.

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.

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

People would say I'm more polished as a passer than Tebow and Cam, but I'm not as physical a runner. But I am 6'2, 223, and I can throw with the best of them.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.