‘Skins quarterback Robert Griffin III greets fans as he leaves the field after the game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The ‘Skins defeated the Eagles 31-6. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Everybody loves ‘Skins phenom quarterback Robert Griffin III, and it will likely stay that way for a while—he’s not planning on saying anything terribly controversial, at least as it pertains to things outside of sports.

In an interview with Yahoo! News, RGIII opted to avoid disclosing who he voted for in the recent presidential election, saying: “There’s a couple things you don’t talk about in life, and that’s race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don’t talk about politics at all.”

Griffin, who as of September lived with his fiancee in a rented house in Leesburg, might not engage in politics, but he did encourage people to at least be engaged:

YN: Tell me about your efforts getting people out to vote. Why is it so important to you that people vote?

RG3: To me it’s not necessarily about who you vote for, it’s more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There’s a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples’ right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote. Everyone says ‘my vote doesn’t count’ but if everybody has that attitude then nobody would vote. Every vote does count and if you want something done, you have to reach out and be sure you’re active about it.

On the one hand, it’s nice to have a figure that can so easily unite people across partisan lines in a town as uber political as Washington can be. On the other, professional athletes shouldn’t be afraid to steer clear away from politics at all times—two players on the Baltimore Ravens took opposing stances on same-sex marriage in Maryland, for example.