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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIDefinitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and play.
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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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When I was young I used to eat ketchup sandwiches – just bread and ketchup.
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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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Definitely, as a competitor, you want to get out there and 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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I have a lot of guys around me that help make my job easier.
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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 just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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Playing the scout-team quarterback in practice really helped develop my game.
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I just try to be the best Patrick Mahomes I can be.
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I’ve been a fan of ketchup for as long as I can remember, and the thick, rich flavor of Hunt’s ketchup delivers every time.
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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’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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Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.
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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 have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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I was a good student and stuff like that.
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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 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 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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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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I feel like, even if something goes wrong, I have confidence in myself and my team that we’ll fix it.
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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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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 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.
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