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.
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 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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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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I want people to know that I’m going to leave every single thing on the field.
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I have a lot of guys around me that help make my job easier.
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Kids in sports – it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.
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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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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 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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When I was young I used to eat ketchup sandwiches – just bread and ketchup.
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It’s a challenge for all quarterbacks, though: You want to make the big play; you want to throw a touchdown every single play. But at the same time, you have to know that it’s a process.
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Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.
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Until you get there, you never know what to expect.
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I was a good student and stuff like that.
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Definitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and play.
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You can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.
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