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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. "
Robert Griffin III
Texas
Easy
Me
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Team
Me
Found
" 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
Football
College
School
" 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. "
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Done
You
Go
" 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
Matter
Accomplishment
You
" 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. "
Robert Griffin III
Determination
School
Mind
" 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
Great
Family
Good
" I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that. "
Robert Griffin III
Am
Never
I Am
" 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
Career
Try
Think
" 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
Run
Football
Door
" 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. "
Robert Griffin III
Politics
Religion
Try
" 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. "
Robert Griffin III
You
First
Just
" 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
Discipline
Mom
Parents
" 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
Myself
Football
Think
" 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
Me
Myself
Know
" 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
Parents
Color
Big
" 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
Always
Me
Shoes
" 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
Classroom
Say
Want
" If you're out there stressing on your pro day, then you're not going to perform well, so I plan on having a little fun. Play a little music while we're out there throwing the football, have everybody tapping their toes and bobbing their head and just go out there and make the most of the experience. "
Robert Griffin III
Music
Experience
Fun
" 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
Prove
Wrong
Try
" The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing. "
Robert Griffin III
Play
Stop
Think
" 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
People
Best
Good
" 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
Believe
Team
Hope
" 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
Coach
I Can
Job
" 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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Game
End
Ignore
" Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there. "
Robert Griffin III
Team
Want
Help
" 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. "
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Day
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