A biography for Robert Griffin IIIhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I hate to talk about myself like that, but if I had to straight up tell a head coach or an owner why they should take me, it's because I'm the best in everything I've done.”
“That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.”
“Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.”
“Respect talent. Get respect where respect is due, but don't be caught up in yourself where you do things obliviously and not pay attention to what is going on.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.”