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 job is to build that belief in every coach and every owner, that they can put the franchise in my hands and I can take it uphill from there. Obviously, everyone wants to be No. 1, but I’m not going to campaign. I’m just going to go out and show what I’ve got.
I’m always studying. I probably wrote the most papers of any college quarterback.
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.
Last time I checked I was able to throw the ball a little bit.
I think I’ve proven that I’m throw-first, and then run if I need to.
There’s a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.
I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.
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.
I’d love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.
The Redskins haven’t won the division since 1999, and we came in and we did it in one year!
I still don’t think it’s sunk in that I won the Heisman. I’ll be able to reflect back on the season, appreciate those types of things and realize that although I wanted to ‘be like Mike’ when I was growing up, now I get to go out and be in the NFL.
The mold that everyone is seeing nowadays is kind of the Aaron Rodgers mold – I try to mix and match from the different quarterbacks.
One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn’t have. He couldn’t play basketball because he didn’t have tennis shoes – so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.
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.
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.
I think I’m starting to figure out when I need to get rid of it and when I don’t need to.
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.
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.
Every time I step out on that field, I’m 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I’m out there dealing with. I know what I’m out there dealing with. But when it comes to my mindset, I’m 100 percent.
My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.