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I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.
Robert Griffin III
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Robert Griffin III
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: February 12
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Robert Lee Griffin III
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I'm always studying. I probably wrote the most papers of any college 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.
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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'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.
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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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The mold that everyone is seeing nowadays is kind of the Aaron Rodgers mold - I try to mix and match from the different quarterbacks.
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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 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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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.
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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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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.
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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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I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.
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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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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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The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.
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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 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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Man, I love the Lord of the Rings movies. Some people would say I'm weird for liking those types of movies, but they are so cool.
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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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