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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIIt’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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Confidence Tell Coaches The quarterbacks that win. Those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.
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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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I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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Kids in sports – it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.
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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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Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.
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They had a good game plan and they came out fast. We started slow, but we picked it up. You just have got to trust in the process and not try to do too much and things will start happening and having success your way.
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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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