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.
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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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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Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.
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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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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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Playing the scout-team quarterback in practice really helped develop my game.
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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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I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.
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If you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.
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You can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.
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You have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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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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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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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 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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I just try to be the best Patrick Mahomes I can be.
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