As far as all players [being unfairly connected], people have their own opinions, and they're usually from the outside looking in. I don't listen to someone who is on the outside of what we're dealing with every day on the inside.

My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this day about those things.

I speak on things I'd like to speak on. Anything else, I'll keep quiet.

I'm always learning new ways to improve my game from both players older and younger than me.

People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American and I'm a dual-threat quarterback. I don't know why that stereotype is still around. It's about talent and the ability to throw the ball, not the color of your skin or your ability to also be a dangerous runner.

I'm not saying [racial profiling] doesn't happen; I'm saying I haven't experienced it.

A lot of quarterbacks have big arms and can make all the throws, but the most important thing is knowledge of the game, controlling the offense and, more than anything, limiting mistakes. Knowing what good plays to get your team into at the line of scrimmage and what bad plays to get out of.