Robert Griffin III Quotes

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

I know that it is a huge responsibility to be the captain, the No. 10, but I like it. I like the responsibility, the pressure, and I like playing football.

It doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. You've got to be the same guy; you've got to prepare the same.

That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession.

I prepare so I can be in the whole game.

It's so exhausting in the pocket taking shots when you know I can go. I don't want to take that shot and maybe make a bigger play. To dedicate and discipline your mind that 'I have to find a way, that's the only way I can learn... ' That's the challenge.

I don't want to leave the field for a little thing. I try to be ready every day.

That's the way I've always played the game from when I was a kid. It didn't matter if we were up or down in the game, how it was going, how you felt, you played until the end.

This game is not only about putting the ball in the basket. It's the behavior, discipline, approach, preparation. Play with purpose and lead with purpose.

I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.

I didn't train all that time just to come here and get it over with as fast as I can

I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.

I feel 21. I've looked after myself and take my football seriously.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.

From the age of 6, when I won my first race in skiing, I was on the national ski teams, really until Olympics in '72, so I always had a lot of discipline and commitment to achieve as much as I could in good way. Competitiveness doesn't stop when you stop skiing.

I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.

No matter who's at quarterback, you've got to be prepared and be ready to help out the team.

I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the discipline and the routine and the regimentation to be successful.

I just do my job; I'm out there to make plays and play football.

I try and watch the ball closely. I've played the game for many years now, and I know my talent will take over if I just watch the ball and enjoy myself out there.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

In football, you only work for the things you can control. You cannot control the outside world: you can only control your preparation; you can only control your performances.

A quarterback wants to come across in the interview process as confident, as having a vast understanding and knowledge of defenses, as being capable of leading a group of men. That's what you've got to convey to the teams.

I enjoyed playing any type of cricket. Didn't matter what type it was because I did not want to change my game. My game was built on one type of cricket: if there was a ball to hit, you hit it, whether it was Test matches, whatever it was.

For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.