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" Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there. "
Robert Griffin III
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" My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity. "
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" That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves. "
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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 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up. "
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" 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. "
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" Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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