Patrick Mahomes

“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.”

“I want to bring a Big 12 championship to Tech.”

“I actually watched Tom Brady a good amount in college. My coach in college was Kliff Kingsbury, and he actually was a backup for Brady at one point, and so he showed me things that he liked with Tom and his pocket movements and stuff he did within the pocket that I've tried to put in my game a little bit.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's pretty cool just to see the support we have. It's unmatched, Kansas City and the Chiefs Kingdom, the support they have for us. For me to just kind of be in the community and see those people is always a good thing.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“I love this game.”