Robert Griffin III Quotes

I thought at first I was going to be an NFL quarterback. I played until I was a freshman in high school.

If I have the opportunity to go to the NFL, I'm going to take it.

Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.'

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

I was a borderline guy in the NFL.

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

I would hope this experience would help me if that NFL opportunity were to arise. But I also know that it's a totally different league. There's a lot more to it.

You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11", you know, and playing in the National Football League.

I thought I had a shot to play for the Dolphins.

Football, I thought, would be a tough sport to make a living in. There is no minor league. You either make it to the NFL or you don't.

Everybody who knows anything about me knows all I ever wanted to do is play pro football. But I didn't have the talent, and I got hurt a lot. I'd do anything to be out on the field.

For a long time, I thought I was going to play basketball. There's not many 6-4 white guys playing the three spot in the NBA, so I realized I probably didn't have much of a future in basketball and that football was probably going to be my best bet.

Believe it or not, my goal was always to play in the NFL.

Coming from a small South Dakota school, it was a different route to get to the NFL. I went from South Dakota State to the World League of American Football with the Amsterdam Admirals, and fortunately I did well enough there that the New England Patriots decided to sign me and give me a chance.

The NFL - that's my No. 1 goal. That's what I want to do.

I'm still a fanatical fan of Porto, and I always will be, but a footballer's career is short, and I have to make the most of all the opportunities that I get.

I think every young man's goal is to be a professional athlete, whether it's the NBA, MLB, or the NFL.

I'm just happy and blessed to have the opportunity to go to the NFL.

I always dreamed of doing this, being able to do track and field and the NFL at the same time.

I'm not overlooked by NFL teams. That's the only thing I really care about.

I'm definitely not a track guy playing football. I'm a football guy that just happens to jump really far.

Ever since I was growing up, I knew I was going to play in the NFL. I never thought anything else.

I mean, I don't really take a lot of blows. Since I've been 20 years old in the NFL, that's never going to change in my playing style.

I wanted to be in the situation where I could have a chance to go to the NFL and be a great quarterback and take care of my family.

It would be great to play until I'm 40 like Ryan Giggs.