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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIEast 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.
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 III 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.
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 IIIf you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.
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 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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIKids in sports – it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.
PATRICK MAHOMES III just try to be the best Patrick Mahomes I can be.
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 IIYou want to be in the first round. That’s the dream. That’s what you see on draft night.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIThe 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.
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.
PATRICK MAHOMES III feel like, even if something goes wrong, I have confidence in myself and my team that we’ll fix it.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIEvery experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.
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.
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