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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIYou 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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIIt’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 IIWhen 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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIYou can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIYou can always regret just missing it, but as a football player, you have to move on to the next play.
PATRICK MAHOMES III just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIGood third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league. –
PATRICK MAHOMES IINot 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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IINo 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.
PATRICK MAHOMES III’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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIIf you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.
PATRICK MAHOMES III just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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.
PATRICK MAHOMES III think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIThroughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIComing 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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