Patrick Mahomes Quotes

People think catching a football one-handed is a technique, but it's more a reaction. Because you really don't think about it when you're doing it. You just do it. I couldn't sit there and try to teach someone how to catch a one-handed football.

You know what's funny? There's times when you catch a ball and really didn't even see that ball. You're like, 'That couldn't have been all me.'

It's second nature. You just get out there and play basketball.

I just go out there and throw. That's what I've done my whole life.

Friends sometimes ask me, 'When you get the ball what are you thinking?' But you do not have time to think. You have to do it. It's not instinct; that's not the right word, but it's how you feel in this moment. You sense it. It's trained, but it's trained inside you. It makes you faster in the moment.

Every kicker that's in this league has kicked a million or so balls. You just have that swing; you know what you have to do, and you go out there and do it.

You know, playing football for me is just like riding a bike.

You'll begin to act when you can forget your technique - when it is so securely inside you that you need not call upon it consciously.

This game, it seems when you play it the best, is when you're not really thinking a lot and just reacting and keeping it at its simplest point - just see it and hit it.

People make fast moves around me, I react. I can't help it.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.

I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.

I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters.

Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don't put much thought into.

I just go out there and try to make plays.

I don't always have to dunk the ball.

I live for football, and my real passion is just to go out there and express myself and show everybody what I'm capable of doing. It's what I've always known since I was a kid.

Messi simply cannot be stopped by yourself. Ronaldo is easier because he is more about athletic prowess.

I'm a baller, I'm a hooper.

I don't need to be a banger. I dunk on people.

No one's built like me. I play 110% on both ends of the floor.

I'm a smart QB.

Football is a very instinctual game, and it's very fast-paced.

Obviously it happens very fast on the field during the game; if anything, it's more of a feel. You feel when the pocket is collapsing around you. You feel when someone is close to you. It is a split-second decision.