Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

Related Quotes:

" My job is to build that belief in every coach and every owner, that they can put the franchise in my hands and I can take it uphill from there. Obviously, everyone wants to be No. 1, but I'm not going to campaign. I'm just going to go out and show what I've got. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" It's not something to complain about, but just the major difference between college and the pros is that in college you're guaranteed four to five years so long as you don't do anything criminally and in the pros you're guaranteed one day because you can be cut the next. "

Robert Griffin III

" I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team. "

Robert Griffin III

" I want to be one of the guys, but I also want to be 'the' guy, the guy that can go out there and they can rely on in crunch time. I'm going to be the guy that they know will show up every day, every game, every play and show up on a consistently great level. "

Robert Griffin III

" Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader. But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally - it just happens. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

" I wasn't a rebel. It kind of clicked in my head, like, if I want to do this, I can go out and do it. Some kids, it clicks for them, and it doesn't work out. But thank God for me it did work out. I put in all those hard hours of work, and it has gotten me to where I am. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III