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.

For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

The Redskins haven't won the division since 1999, and we came in and we did it in one year!

It's always a lot more fun as a quarterback if you can do things you don't normally get to do. So if I can catch a pass and make a play for the team, that's what I'm willing to do.

People have said some really good things about my performance, and that's what I'm happy about, what I'm excited about. I was able to go out there, and like I said, I put my best foot forward.

There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.