Quotes
“Continuing to grow and continuing to improve is my main goal.”
“Every day, you try to get better, and I don't think I'll ever be complacent and happy with where I am, no matter what.”
“Guys like Bryce Treggs, Chris Harper, Kenny Lawler, Darius Powe, Richard Rodgers, Jackson Bouza. All those guys are incredible. They run great routes and have great hands.”
“Having my feet be as good as I want them to be can get me out of a lot of problems when I'm in the pocket and stuff starts to break down. There's rarely ever a perfect pocket.”
“Honestly I'm excited for whatever team wants to draft me, and I'm excited to make an impact right away.”
“I did The Sorting Hat, and it was the Gryffindor, and I was like, 'I'm not doing it again. It could be something bad.'”
“I don't feel like I have to prove anybody right or wrong.”
“I don't want to be a quarterback that has all these stats but didn't win a lot of games.”
“I hold myself to a high standard on and off the field.”
“I just want to do my best to prove myself.”
“I know what my teammates think about me, I know what my coaches think about me. I don't concern myself with what anyone thinks outside of that.”
“I learned you're going to have to start from the ground up, and honestly, it starts with hard work, hard work in the offseason, and no shortcuts really.”
“I like 'Harry Potter.' I've seen all of them, I think.”
“I like my kind of innate and natural ability in the pocket, and ability of anticipation, and all that stuff that's important when it comes to playing quarterback.”
“I really just want to go to a team that really wants me and wants to use me the right way and make me successful.”
“I think I can be a guy who can make an impact right away.”
“I think I can bring tremendous leadership.”
“I think I can fit in many offenses.”
“I think I throw the ball down the field pretty well, but I think I'm really accurate and make good decisions.”
“I think I'm a face of a franchise. I can make an impact.”
“I think I'm fairly laid-back. I like to have fun and kind of just be happy.”
“I think I'm going to improve a team the day I get there, honestly. I think I can be the guy who can play right away, the guy who can sit if I need to and learn.”
“I think my pocket presence and my ability to extend plays speak for themselves.”
“I try to pride myself in having really quick feet and being able to set up and throw balls in time.”
“I want to be the future of a franchise.”
“I want to go to a team that really wants me and can use me to be successful.”
“I want to leave Cal with a winning legacy.”
“I wouldn't be the first quarterback from California to go to cold weather. I think Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are doing pretty well and been able to do it.”
“If you're on a bus and going down a snowy mountain like in Tahoe, and the bus loses its brakes, where do you want to be sitting? Immediately, you all think, 'In the back.' But in the front would be the correct answer. As a quarterback, you want to take control of it.”
“I'll be happy to go anywhere that will take me, honestly.”
“I'm extremely accurate; that's one of my biggest strengths.”
“I'm going to focus on myself and continue to get myself better because I have plenty of things I need to work on.”
“I'm just going to try to play as best as I can.”
“I'm just worried about what I'm doing. Case has played well, and Case is doing a great job. But at the same time, I'm not going to concern myself with him.”
“I'm not going to worry about any outside pressure or distractions or any of the things that comes with being the #1 pick. I know there is responsibility that comes with it, but I'm ready to get after it.”
“I'm playing quarterback, I'm playing football, and I don't try to make it more than that.”
“I've been a good player my whole life and expect to continue to work hard and continue to do everything that I have done and try not to take any steps back. Try to stay the course and be the best player and the best teammate and hopefully the best leader I can be, and play as well as I can.”
“I've been told I have pretty big hands my whole life.”
“I've been trying to put weight on my whole life, and I've been able to do it.”
“I've never not started.”
“My pregame music includes a nice little mixture. Probably a little Counting Crows, maybe some Avicii. Taylor Swift.”
“Repetition every day. That's something the great ones do is never get complacent.”
“Rich Aurelia was my favorite growing up.”
“Rick Neuheisel was recruiting me, and he told me something, and I'll never forget it: he said you make your money in the red zone. If you're down there, that's already three points, so don't turn the ball over. I kind of took that to heart, and I'm always very careful in the red zone.”
“Taylor Swift is cool. And I like her music. She's a great performer, and she's fun to listen to at times.”
“The competitor in me wants to play, but it's not my job to make that decision. That's what the coaches are paid for.”
“The way I've always seen it is, I don't want him to do bad. I want him to do good. But when I'm competing with somebody, I want my best to be better than his. That's just how I've been. I'm not wishing bad for anybody.”
“There is obviously going to be a transition. There is a transition with every quarterback going from college to the NFL. I'm excited for it.”
“What the people say on TV means nothing to me, and it means nothing to anybody that's actually playing football. It's for the fans to watch and enjoy.”
“Whatever team I go to, I'll be excited to go.”
“You always want to get better, and I think that will remain true for the rest of my career.”
“You take your shots when you have them, and I threw a lot of touchdowns, but I'm always going to take care of the football in the red zone.”