I was a good student and stuff like that.

I want to bring a Big 12 championship to Tech.

You can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.

In the pocket, I usually keep two hands on the ball.

Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from.

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

Any dog can be aggressive; it's basically the way they're raised.

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

I'm definitely not for any haunted houses. They're all scary to me.

I try to just focus in on being in the same routine every single day.

Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league.

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

Playing the scout-team quarterback in practice really helped develop my game.

I want people to know that I'm going to leave every single thing on the field.

I think, as quarterback and as a football player, you always want to get better.

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

Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn't the fastest guy.

I just try to learn from every mistake that I make so that I never make them again.

You can't have a good Thanksgiving meal without a little bit of ketchup on the side.

You want to be in the first round. That's the dream. That's what you see on draft night.

The quarterbacks that win... those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.

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

I like being... in Kansas City. People are extremely nice, extremely passionate about the Chiefs.

I feel like, even if something goes wrong, I have confidence in myself and my team that we'll fix it.

I have to make those tight-window throws, and trying to make those plays is the reason I have had success.

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.

Nick Foles, if he wasn't preparing like he was the starter, he wouldn't have been able to become a Super Bowl MVP.

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.

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.

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.

You want to be drafted high, but to be drafted high into an organization like the Kansas City Chiefs, it's like a dream to me.

I had a lot of stats in college, and they didn't count for wins. So whatever it takes to win football games is the goal that I set.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

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.

Coach Reid is a great teacher. He understands how people learn, understands how to get people to get the concept of what the play is and why we're running it.

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.

I'm not a Packers fan. I just like football. I do respect those guys. You respect great football. I'm a Cowboys fan, or I was a Cowboys fan. You just respect great football.

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.'

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.

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.

When people talk about me, they talk about just the arm and that I have a big arm. I want to be able to change that mindset to, 'He's a great quarterback who just happens to have a great arm.'

There's always plays that Coach Reid just draws up every single week. I always say that they always work. He just gets on the board in his room and just starts drawing plays. The possibilities are endless.

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