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

Robert Griffin III

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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

" 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. "

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" I was a freshman All-American, and I tore my ACL in the third game. But God has a plan for everything. I had a chance to turn away from Him in that situation or draw closer to Him. I decided to draw closer to Him, and came back stronger from it. "

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" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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. "

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" 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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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