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.
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.
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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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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 love being able to come in every single day and work out and watch film and practice with guys who are all striving for the same goal.
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I try to just focus in on being in the same routine every single day.
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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 want to be in the first round. That’s the dream. That’s what you see on draft night.
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I was a good student and stuff like that.
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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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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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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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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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Definitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and play.
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If you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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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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Playing the scout-team quarterback in practice really helped develop my game.
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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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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 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.
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Kids in sports – it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.
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