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 IIComing 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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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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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.
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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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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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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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You have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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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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I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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When I was young I used to eat ketchup sandwiches – just bread and ketchup.
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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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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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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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You can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.
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I have a lot of guys around me that help make my job easier.
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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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