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You look at the guys playing in the Premier League, and they've got such quality.
Robert Green
You
Quality
Guys
League
Look
Got
Premier
Premier League
Playing
People make mistakes in life, and you get on with it.
Robert Green
Life
You
People
Mistakes
Make
Get
You take records with a pinch of salt. Take Usain Bolt: someone will be quicker than him one day. These things aren't important.
Robert Green
Day
You
Will
Important
Salt
One Day
Someone
Records
Take
Him
Pinch
Quicker
Than
Bolt
Things
I've got injured in one World Cup, been to a Euros and another World Cup, so I've been there, seen it, and had a taste of it.
Robert Green
World
Seen
Had
Another
Got
Been
Cup
Taste
World Cup
Injured
Loftus Road is a great place to play football. The fans get behind you, and it's a great atmosphere.
Robert Green
Great
You
Fans
Atmosphere
Great Place
Football
Road
Get
Behind
Place
Play
Play Football
If you go to Spain and ask, 'Who has the best goalkeepers?' they will say, 'The Spanish.' If you go to Germany, they will say German goalkeepers, and Italy the same. You go to England and they say, 'God knows!'
Robert Green
God
Best
You
Will
Say
Knows
Go
Italy
German
Germany
Same
Spain
Spanish
Ask
England
Who
They Say
When the assessment of goalkeepers is made by people who have never actually stood there in a game and experienced it, then it's hard to take it without a large pinch of salt.
Robert Green
Game
People
Made
Salt
Take
Never
Without
Pinch
Stood
Experienced
Then
Hard
Who
Large
Assessment
Actually
For over a decade, I had played every week, so to then have a season when you are not - that physical and mental high when you build up to a game and come down afterwards - was missing. It takes a while to adjust and is quite confusing.
Robert Green
You
Game
Build
Down
Every
Adjust
High
Physical
Mental
Week
Had
Takes
Over
Missing
Come
Up
Decade
Quite
Afterwards
While
Then
Confusing
Season
Played
There is no coincidence that stability brings success, and success brings stability.
Robert Green
Success
Stability
Brings
Coincidence
That's football. It's like in any walk of life: you get some people who are going to try more than others.
Robert Green
Life
You
People
Walk
Try
Some People
Others
Some
More
Football
Like
Than
Get
Any
Going
Who
I wouldn't call going into the Premier League an ordeal. I would say the Championship is more of an ordeal than the Premier League.
Robert Green
Say
Would
More
League
Call
Than
Going
Ordeal
Premier
Premier League
Championship
As a goalkeeper, you feel like if you're treated like adults and have your position explained to you, you respect that. You might not agree with it, but you get on with it.
Robert Green
You
Respect
Adult
Feel
Like
Goalkeeper
Get
Explained
Might
Your
Agree
Treated
Position
Football's not particularly crazy. Once you are in it, you're in the eye of the storm, and it's quite nice.
Robert Green
Crazy
You
Nice
Once
Eye
Football
Particularly
Quite
Storm
I don't do too much outside of football during football season, because this is my job and I take it seriously. I don't do too much, don't really go out at all that much, don't eat out or anything, try to stay focused and stay to myself.
Robert Griffin III
Myself
Try
Seriously
Too Much
Job
Too
Focused
Out
Stay
Stay Focused
Eat
Take
Outside
Football
Football Season
Because
Go
Anything
Much
Really
Season
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.
Robert Griffin III
Work
Character
Me
You
Personality
Skin
Defined
Out
Tried
Color
Go
Person
Want
Work Ethic
Ethic
Your
Ever
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.
Robert Griffin III
Me
Heart
Matters
Know
Redskins
Quarterback
Wanted
Team
Washington
Found
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.
Robert Griffin III
You
People
College
Differences
Athlete
About
More
Football
Deal
Lot
Than
Goes
Getting
Just
Being
Far
Realize
Paid
Many
Professional
Professional Athlete
Things
Playing
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.
Robert Griffin III
Best
You
Extra
Extra Mile
Everyone
Once
Willing
About
Something
Talent
Because
Always
Got
Go
Get
Done
Being
Mile
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.
Robert Griffin III
Best
You
Confidence
Try
Think
Way
Guy
Charts
Perform
Well
Got
Confident
Then
Keep
You can say whatever you want; it doesn't matter. It doesn't faze me. I'll still go out and do what I have to do, whether that's making A's in the classroom or doing well on the field.
Robert Griffin III
Me
You
Matter
Whatever
Field
Say
Out
Classroom
Well
Making
Still
Doing
Go
Want
Whether
I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.
Robert Griffin III
Change
Will
Defined
Never
Am
America
African-American
That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.
Robert Griffin III
Speak
Try
Out
Wrong
Talents
Prove
Go
Goal
Just
Anybody
Themselves
Your
I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team.
Robert Griffin III
Myself
Me
Wait
Everyone
Madden
See
Guy
Picked
Excited
Picks
Know
Go
Gets
Going
Just
Wants
Preferred
Team
Who
Whoever
Even
Play
Draft
Last
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.
Robert Griffin III
Time
Day
Great
Game
Every Day
Will
Every
Consistently
Out
Guy
Guys
Rely
Crunch
Know
Also
Go
Up
Going
Want
Show
Play
Level
People have called me Superman my whole life. In various sports, that seems to be the common theme. My favorite superhero is actually the Incredible Hulk. He's the only superhero that can't die.
Robert Griffin III
Life
Me
Sports
People
Superman
Incredible
Favorite
Superhero
Seems
Only
Various
He
Die
Hulk
Common
Theme
Whole
Actually
Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special.
Robert Griffin III
You
Think
Relate
More
Makes
Whenever
Much
Team
Special
Population
Play
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