Robert Lee Griffin III (nicknamed RG3) is a football quarterback now free agent. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected second overall by the Washington Redskins in the 2012 NFL Draft. 

Griffin is active in his community and looks to use the opportunities in front of him to make a difference. But as he recently told Rob Maaddi, the motive behind these efforts is his faith. 

“Yeah, I mean it's 100% fueled by the faith. My parents taught me when I was growing up, you never forget where you came from, so you always go back and you invest in that community that helped you. So for me, that's in Texas, that's in Washington DC.” 

Griffin reflected on the fact that growing up, he wanted to make sure that he didn’t forget his community if he ever went pro. 

“When I was a 7th grader and a guy by the name of Charles Tillman came back to Coppers Cove Texas and he played basketball with our 7th-grade basketball team. I remember that for the rest of my life because I'm sitting here in a military community. No one truly makes it out to go pro in some of these communities, but Tillman did. 

“And when he came back to do that, I told myself as a 7th grader, when I make it, I'm going to make sure I come back and I show those kids that they're not forgotten.” 

Griffin believes that type of give-back mentality should be the case for all of us. 

And I think if everybody can take that mindset to go back into their own communities and let these kids that are underprivileged or underserved know that they're not forgotten, it's going to go a long way because some of those kids could be the ones that have the idea or this skill set that could change our world in the future.”  

“They just need to know that they're cared about.”