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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIYou 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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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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You have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose 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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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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Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.
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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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Confidence Tell Coaches The quarterbacks that win. Those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.
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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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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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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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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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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 have a lot of guys around me that help make my job easier.
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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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