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Its a touchy subject, 'cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it's all about race. But I feel like that's something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success - 'Oh, you're a freak athlete.' Not, 'Oh, you're a good quarterback.'

At one point, there wasn't a black quarterback in the NFL. When you start winning, then you start seeing more. Jumping up and down and screaming and calling people names is not going to change anything.

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.

That's what we really mean by being feared on the football field. And not actually the player that fears him, it's the offensive coordinator that fears him or the running backs coach.

I don't want people to think you have to look a certain way or be a certain mold to be able to be a 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.

I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.

Quarterbacks can still have good bodies. I'm always conscious of the stereotype. I want to change what people think. There's a lot more to it than what you see on the field.

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.

I feel like too many guys get wrapped up in this image that a quarterback is supposed to have, and I've never bought into that.