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 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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You want to be in the first round. That’s the dream. That’s what you see on draft night.
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Definitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and play.
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I was a good student and stuff like that.
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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 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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Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.
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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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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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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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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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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.
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Until you get there, you never know what to expect.
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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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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 just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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