Patrick Mahomes Quotes

Patrick Mahomes

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 17, 1995

You have to be secure with the ball. You can't lose it.

Patrick Mahomes

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.

Patrick Mahomes

Kids in sports - it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.

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I love this game.

Patrick Mahomes

When you go into a game, and there's something that was drawn up the way it was supposed to be drawn up, and you missed the throw or the catch, as a receiver, it's something where you feel bad about that. You can always regret just missing it, but as a football player, you have to move on to the next play.

Patrick Mahomes

Look at guys like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. Those guys have great arms, but people talk about them more as a quarterbacks and the intellectual side of the game and how they really dissect defenses - and then the arm is something else that helps them with that.

Patrick Mahomes

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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You get older, and you want to be a professional athlete; you want to win on the biggest stage.

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I was a good student and stuff like that.

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I 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.

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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.

Patrick Mahomes

If you want to win games in this league, you have to be efficient.

Patrick Mahomes

It's going to be awesome getting to learn from a guy like Alex Smith, who's had a ton of success in the league.

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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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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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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 close to Coach Kingsbury. He really helped my game and helped me as a person a lot. He's a genuine good person and, at the same time, a very smart football coach.

Patrick Mahomes

When you play the Oakland Raiders when you're the Kansas City Chiefs, you know they're going to come out with that mentality that they're going to win. They're going to come out fighting. It's a rivalry game.

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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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For me, it's always fun. You're playing football and living out your dream.

Patrick Mahomes