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I hold myself to a high standard.
I just have pretty good recall of information.
I need to play smarter and protect the football.
I didn't even have cable back in my college house.
Even at North Dakota State, football is a big deal.
I'm a very motivated person. I don't need extra motivation.
Central Michigan was the one FBS team that recruited me hard.
Timing and accuracy is really what matters at the end of the day.
All men are wired to be in control of what's going on in their life.
I think leadership is just something that comes really natural to me.
I'm just going to compete my tail off and hopefully win a lot of games.
I've always thought I played at a high level and played at a fast pace.
I want to be playing into January for the rest of my career, God willing.
I remember just praying, 'Dear Lord, please let me grow to be at least 6 feet.'
Young quarterbacks usually experience bumps in the road. I'll take them in stride.
I'm not an idiot; I can make adjustments to my life. But I like having a schedule.
Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.
I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.
I think I have the special ability to process information quickly and dissect defenses.
I know we're not going undefeated. I know I'm not going to throw a touchdown every game.
A lot of different things go into calling the run game - especially at the line of scrimmage.
You just control what you can control and just hopefully go win games and keep getting better.
There are going to be losses. There are going to be bad plays. There are going to be mistakes.
If you throw the ball 60 times, you are going to make miss some of them. That kind of happens.
A photographic memory, to me, is kind of like brainiac, genius type. I don't think I have that.
I enjoy creating relationships with my teammates, my friends, and I genuinely care about people.
For me, I stay pretty focused on football, and then at the end of the day, you just go home and relax.
I like to push the ball down the field when it's there. There's also times you just take the underneath one.
It doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. You've got to be the same guy; you've got to prepare the same.
Football is football; I don't care if you're doing it in Division II, NAIA, or in the SEC or anything in between.
I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.
I think the biggest thing, even from Day 1 after the draft, was coach DeFillipo being very detailed with everything.
I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.
There is just something about being out in open country, about seeing the sun rise over a pond, that's really beautiful.
I'm going to go out and attack it and get better every day. That's the same approach I've had since I was just a little kid.
I listen to worship music before the game to calm my nerves and just go out and have fun. It's a game, and I try to enjoy it.
If you can play, you can play - and I know I can. If anyone wants to doubt that, heck - I'm more than ready to prove you wrong.
If I scramble, I might get 5, 10, 15, 20 yards, but I'm not that fast. I always want to get it to the guys that can make plays.
At the end of the day, you just want to go to a team that believes in you... and hopefully wants to build a franchise around you.
Everything that comes with the game, I think I will handle it extremely easily. I don't let a lot of that outside stuff bother me.
I just have to have trust in my guys to make plays. I play at a confident, fast pace, and when I like something, I take it. I rip it.
It's how I'm wired. If I'm not the best at something, it ticks me off, and I want to work harder to be the best. It's also the way I was raised.
From the third grade, I knew that I wanted to play in the NFL. It's pretty cool to see the dream about to come to fruition, but it's just a starting point.
I've read some things that people said about me, and some of it's not even close to accurate. Honestly, I don't even have ESPN in my house. There's really no point.
When you come in as the second overall pick, the last thing you want is for guys to think you believe you've made it. Because that's the farthest thing from the truth.
I do have a little chip on my shoulder. I want to make a name for this state. I want to represent this state well so that's kinda the chip on my shoulder in that regard.
I'm a competitive son of a gun. I don't like losing. I want to be the best out there. I want to lead the troops. I want to kind of take the bull by the horns and be in control.
I can make all the throws. My mental side is a strength as far as understanding defense schemes and our playbook. I'm able to change plays when needed. I think that sets me apart.
I'll be in a cadence, and I'll start to see one thing that a defense is starting to do, I'm like, 'I saw that two months ago on film.' And then that triggers whatever call you need to make.
As a junior in high school, I had some injury problems with my arm and shoulder from baseball, so I didn't play quarterback as a junior. I played a little wide receiver, linebacker, and safety.