The best thing about it is you’re showing kids that no matter where you grow up, what race you are, that you can achieve your dream.
PATRICK MAHOMES III didn’t start playing football a lot until I was in high school. I played it in seventh and eighth grade, but I didn’t play Pop Warner or anything.
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I try to just focus in on being in the same routine every single day.
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I was that little kid: I was the one that was looking up to athletes and getting to see them and getting to be a part of it, and I remember those experiences.
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When I scramble and do those things, I try to look downfield, look for the playmakers, put it in their hands, and let them make all the big plays happen.
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East Texas isn’t known for producing quarterbacks. I was never really on the football circuit. I wasn’t the type of guy that put my name out there.
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I want people to know that I’m going to leave every single thing on the field.
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You can have the big arm, and that’s good, and it helps out in the games, but it doesn’t help you necessarily win games.
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If you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.
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Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league. –
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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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I’m a little quick – I can run a little bit – but I know I can’t make a lot happen. So my thinking always was, ‘Why don’t you put it in the fast guys’ hands and let them make plays.
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I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.
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Playing the scout-team quarterback in practice really helped develop my game.
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No one really sees pro athletes behind the scenes. They don’t know how hard they work. They don’t see how you work on the basics. They couldn’t possibly know. You wouldn’t think that someone who hits like Alex Rodriguez needs to use a tee every day. But that’s how he stayed on top of it.
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It’s not like I mean to throw no-look passes. I think it kind of happens out of instinct. As I do it, I’m like, ‘Dang, I didn’t even mean to do that.
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You have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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Coming from college, where they tell you exactly what you have to do, and they tell you have to be at this at this time, you kind of get punishment for that. Now you’re in the NFL, and you have to do it on your own.
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You have to learn and develop from every experience you see on the field. I might see an unscouted blitz. I might see different coverages than I’m expecting. So I need to process and make those adjustments as I go.
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I was a good student and stuff like that.
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You can always regret just missing it, but as a football player, you have to move on to the next play.
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Kids in sports – it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.
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I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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Confidence Tell Coaches The quarterbacks that win. Those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.
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The team aspect of football and just playing quarterback, having the ball in your hands, having to make the plays, that was definitely something I loved.
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Definitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and play.
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Until you get there, you never know what to expect.
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