I 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.
PATRICK MAHOMES IIYou want to be in the first round. That’s the dream. That’s what you see on draft night.
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I just try to be the best Patrick Mahomes I can be.
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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.
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Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn’t the fastest guy.
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You have to be secure with the ball. You can’t lose it.
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The team aspect of football and just playing quarterback, having the ball in your hands, having to make the plays, that was definitely something I loved.
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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 learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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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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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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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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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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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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I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.
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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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In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.
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