Patrick Mahomes

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

I want to bring a Big 12 championship to Tech.

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

I got to talk with some of the great offensive minds in football. Bruce Arians, Byron Leftwich, Andy Reid, Ben McAdoo, Bill O'Brien, I met all those guys and tried to take something away from each of them. Hue Jackson, people that are known for developing quarterbacks, I got exposed to a lot of stuff I hadn't seen before.

You can tell when coaches have a confidence in you.

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

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.

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.

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

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.'

There's so much difference having arm ability. You have to be able to throw it hard. You have to be able to throw it with touch. You have to be able to do everything in this league, and I try to get better at every single one of those throws every single day.

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.

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

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'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.

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.

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

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