Patrick Mahomes Quotes

I've been watching a whole heap of video footage of different players on different teams and how different players get the football. But the best way I learn is getting out there and playing.

I was a beat-the-system sort of player, but you can't beat the system, you have to prepare properly.

I always try to outsmart my defender.

The instincts and reaction and having to move - that's what football is. You have to learn how to deal with different adjustments, and know how to react to different types of plays. And do it on the fly.

When there's something we weren't prepared for on the football field, you have to be able to use your mind, be creative, communicate, get lined up and get ready to do the play, get ready to execute.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

Game management, game decisions, adjustments, seeing things during games - it's all important.

Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season.

You play it the way you always play it. You look for matchups, and you go through your progression, and you throw it to the guy who's most open.

Sometimes, when things are going really well, I feel like I've already seen things - it's the flashback feeling in a good way. Like I'm watching a rerun, because I've studied this defense and know what comes next. Now, that is a good feeling, when your mind is working fast because you've studied, and you realize, 'I've seen this before.'

There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring. In the tactical area, I think I just have more than most other players.

You got to become a student of the game. You got to learn the game before you can go out there and play fast.

When I first came to Arsenal, I didn't know how to defend.

I feel like I know what defensive backs are going to do before they do it.

In football, you have to learn from everything, but everyone makes mistakes.

I've been double-teamed my whole life. I know when a double team's coming. I know what side the guy's coming from. I know how to dribble out of it.

I fight with a game plan, but sometimes you have an audible.

In soccer, you have to be sly.

It's great to understand football - it never stops. Since I started playing football, I always learn from every coach. It's great.

I needed to learn to be a coach initially. I think if I'd gone into professional football when I stopped playing when I was 30 years old I'd have failed because I'd have made too many mistakes because I had no real idea at that time.

I need to be more of a take-what-the-defense-gives-me player and not force the issue.

When the ball isn't in my hands, I'm already scanning for where the next pass is going.

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.