Playing the scout-team quarterback in practice really helped develop my game.
PATRICK MAHOMES III 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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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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You want to be in the first round. That’s the dream. That’s what you see on draft night.
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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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If you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.
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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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You have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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You can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.
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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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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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Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league. –
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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.
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Definitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and play.
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