“I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.”

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.

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.

I was a good student and stuff like that.

Kids in sports – it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.

I feel like, even if something goes wrong, I have confidence in myself and my team that we’ll fix it.

Until you get there, you never know what to expect.

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.

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.

Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.

Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league. –

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.

You see Tom Brady, you see Alex Smith, and you see all those guys in the pocket and how quick they are with their footwork and how they get the ball out fast. I have to get like that.

I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.

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.

I have a lot of guys around me that help make my job easier.

I just try to be the best Patrick Mahomes I can be.

A second chance doesn’t mean anything if you haven’t learned from your first mistake.

To succeed, you also have to know how to make choices and how to think more broadly.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

All organizations start with why, but only the great ones keep their why clear year after year.

Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.

I will ensure that Japan keeps getting better, better this year than last year, and better next year than this year.

You must work on yourself continiously.

I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better.