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

Robert Griffin III

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Robert Griffin III
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: February 12
American Football Player
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Robert Lee Griffin III
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.
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I don't do too much outside of football during football season, because this is my job and I take it seriously. I don't do too much, don't really go out at all that much, don't eat out or anything, try to stay focused and stay to myself.
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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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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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It's believable because great things don't happen without hard work
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I still don't think it's sunk in that I won the Heisman. I'll be able to reflect back on the season, appreciate those types of things and realize that although I wanted to 'be like Mike' when I was growing up, now I get to go out and be in the NFL.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.
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I think there are [gay players] right now, and if they're looking for a window to just come out, I mean, now is the window. My view on it is, yes, I am a Christian, but to each his own. You do what you want to do.
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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.
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Last time I checked I was able to throw the ball a little bit.
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