Robert Griffin III Quotes about Football

Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.

There's far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don't realize. It's not just about playing football and getting paid to do it. There's a lot of things that you have to deal with.

A lot of people have already labeled me the Savior.

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.

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.

I don't want people to say I'm a solid quarterback. I want to be the best, and I'll continually work until I get there.

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.

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.

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.

I'm always studying. I probably wrote the most papers of any college quarterback.

Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.

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.

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.

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.

There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.

Last time I checked I was able to throw the ball a little bit.

The only reason you get drafted or even looked at by the NFL is because they believe you can play at the next level ... if they believe I can do that, you know I believe I can do it.

The Redskins haven't won the division since 1999, and we came in and we did it in one year!

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.

The mold that everyone is seeing nowadays is kind of the Aaron Rodgers mold - I try to mix and match from the different quarterbacks.

I think I've proven that I'm throw-first, and then run if I need to.

There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.

I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.

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.

I think I'm starting to figure out when I need to get rid of it and when I don't need to.