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.
PATRICK MAHOMES III 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.
More Patrick Mahomes II Quotes
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I want people to know that I’m going to leave every single thing on the field.
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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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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.
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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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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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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 be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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I have a lot of guys around me that help make my job easier.
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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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Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.
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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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You can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.
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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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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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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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