The furthest I have even thrown the ball was 85 yards. But I had a little wind at my back, so I don’t claim that one.
PATRICK MAHOMES III 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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I try to just focus in on being in the same routine every single day.
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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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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.
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Not a lot of people see that when you’re growing up. You don’t get to see that people really have to work hard to become as good as they are.
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You want to be in the first round. That’s the dream. That’s what you see on draft night.
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Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league. –
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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 be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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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 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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I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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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 feel like, even if something goes wrong, I have confidence in myself and my team that we’ll fix 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 dream of your first NFL start when you’re a little kid, playing football in the backyard, but until you get there, you never know what to expect.
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I’ve been a fan of ketchup for as long as I can remember, and the thick, rich flavor of Hunt’s ketchup delivers every time.
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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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Confidence Tell Coaches The quarterbacks that win. Those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.
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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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If you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.
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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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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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When you’re in this league, you have to do something every single day. You have off days, but those off days are usually watching film.
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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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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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