Robert Griffin III Quotes

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

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  Sports, Football, Team

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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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  Hard Work, Pay, Talent

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• In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.

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  Land, Political, Tyranny

  Twitter post from Apr 30, 2013

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• 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.

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  Football, Athlete, College

  "Robert 'RG3' Griffin III on Playing Football in a Political Town, Dream Pickup Game With Obama". Interview with Chris Moody, abcnews.go.com. November 28, 2012.

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• A lot of people have already labeled me the Savior.

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  Football, Nfl, People

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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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  Football, Workout, Games

  "Robert Griffin III stands tall at the NFL Combine in more ways than one". Interview with Mary Kay Cabot, www.cleveland.com. February 25, 2012.

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• You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.

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  Catalyst For Change, Guy, Catalyst

  "Robert Griffin III Prepares For NFL Draft, Talks Peyton Manning From Super Bowl 2012". Interview with Chris Greenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 02, 2012.

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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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  Football, Nfl, Broken

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• I hope somebody falls in love with me - other than my fiancee. But that's what you want. As a player you want a team that really wants you; head coach, GM, owner, everybody that really wants you in their place and the players believe in you. I'm looking forward to making somebody fall in love with me.

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  Falling In Love, Team, Believe

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• It's believable because great things don't happen without hard work

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  Hard Work, Great Things, Happens

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• 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.

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  Attention, Pay, Talent

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• You will find that success in life comes far easier when you maintain a cool head and a warm heart, rather than a hot head and cold feet.

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  Success, Heart, Feet

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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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  Games, Stronger, Chance

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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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  Country, Military, Exercise

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• 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.

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  Jobs, School, College

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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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  People, Tebow, Runners

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• 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.

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  Football, Nfl, People

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• Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader. But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally - it just happens.

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  Thinking, People, Guy

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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.

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  America, African American, Never Change

  " Local Robert Griffin III: If he's a "cornball", give us more" by Alfonzo Porter, www.washingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

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• To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote.

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  Country, Fighting, Exercise

  "Robert 'RG3' Griffin III on Playing Football in a Political Town, Dream Pickup Game With Obama". Interview with Chris Moody, abcnews.go.com. November 28, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Football, Thinking, Play

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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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  Mom, Dad, Years

  "Mitt Romney on Hillary Clinton's candidacy, crowded GOP field; Sen. Bob Menendez on indictment, Iran and Cuba". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Football, Fun, Stress

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• I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by thatWe always try to find similarities in life, no matter what it is so they're going to try to put you in a box with other African-American quarterbacks - Vick, Newton, Randall Cunningham, Warren MoonThat'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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  America, Goal, Trying

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• You don't have to go out there and fit the mold of what a quarterback is supposed to be. Make your own mold and do the best at each role. If you can run with the best and throw with the best, you can be the best quarterback in your own version of the position.

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  Running, Mold, Roles

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