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A lot of people have already labeled me the Savior.
Last time I checked I was able to throw the ball a little bit.
It's believable because great things don't happen without hard work
I think I've proven that I'm throw-first, and then run if I need to.
I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.
Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there.
In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.
I'm always studying. I probably wrote the most papers of any college quarterback.
I think I'm starting to figure out when I need to get rid of it and when I don't need to.
The Redskins haven't won the division since 1999, and we came in and we did it in one year!
The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.
Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.
There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.
You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.
I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.
I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.
My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.
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.
Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.
My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.
For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.
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.
Teams are going to try to hit me because they think I can't take a hit. I think I've proven over my career that I can.
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.
There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.
Man, I love the Lord of the Rings movies. Some people would say I'm weird for liking those types of movies, but they are so cool.
Man, I love the 'Lord of the Rings' movies. Some people would say I'm weird for liking those types of movies, but they are so cool.
The mold that everyone is seeing nowadays is kind of the Aaron Rodgers mold - I try to mix and match from the different quarterbacks.
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 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.
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'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.
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.
As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable.
There's just a misconception that comes with being a dual-threat quarterback. You run first, throw second. I've proven I throw first and then run if I have to.
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.
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.
I try to keep my confidence on the charts, but I'm a confident guy as well. You've got to be that way. If you don't think that you're the best, then you won't perform that way.
You won't see me taking it easy on the Cowboys because I'm from Texas, you won't see me cheering for the Cowboys because I'm from Texas. I'll be a Redskin, through and through.
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.
It's not about talent once you get to the NFL because everyone's got it. It's about being willing to go that extra mile to be the best and that's something that I've always done.