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My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

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Robert Griffin III
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: February 12
American Football Player
Athletics Competitor
Football Player
Robert Lee Griffin III
RG3
RGIII
Robert Griffin
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In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.
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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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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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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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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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It's not something to complain about, but just the major difference between college and the pros is that in college you're guaranteed four to five years so long as you don't do anything criminally and in the pros you're guaranteed one day because you can be cut the next.
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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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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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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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I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.
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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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Last time I checked I was able to throw the ball a little bit.
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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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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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