I didn't start playing football a lot until I was in high school. I played it in seventh and eighth grade, but I didn't play Pop Warner or anything.
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.
I love this game.
When you go into a game, and there's something that was drawn up the way it was supposed to be drawn up, and you missed the throw or the catch, as a receiver, it's something where you feel bad about that. You can always regret just missing it, but as a football player, you have to move on to the next play.
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.
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.
You have to be secure with the ball. You can't lose it.
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.
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'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.'
Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn't the fastest guy.
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.
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.
You want to be in the first round. That's the dream. That's what you see on draft night.
You get older, and you want to be a professional athlete; you want to win on the biggest stage.
The quarterbacks that win... those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.
I want to bring a Big 12 championship to Tech.
I have to make those tight-window throws, and trying to make those plays is the reason I have had success.
Kids in sports - it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.
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.
