Baker Mayfield Quotes

The energy I bring, the passion I bring, it’s infectious. You can ask anybody on that Oklahoma staff. That’s what I bring to the table.

Anytime you get a better competition level, it’s always better for you because you want to get the best out of yourself, and you want to compete against the best.

It doesn’t matter what cards you’re dealt. It’s what you do with those cards. Never complain. Just keep pushing forward. Find a positive in anything and just fight for it.

All the different coaches and styles of play I’ve seen helped me develop, to relate to my teammates.

If you’re not gonna do it right off the field, who‘s to say we trust you on the field?

I learned, for me to play at my best, I need to play with an edge.

It’s important to have a say in your off-the-field brand and what you’re doing, your sponsorships, what you want to be represented by, and the image you want to have.

I can listen to all the people patting me on the back, or I can listen to the people saying I need to get better. I know I need to get better, or else there would be nobody saying that.

Anytime I get the chance to play ball, I get excited.

Always been brutally honest. Some people don’t like that because it’s rare nowadays.

People will have their guesses and opinions on my character, but anyone that’s actually sat down and talked to me knows that I don’t have any character issues, any off-the-field issues.

You can focus on the few things that give people a negative image about me, or you can see the other things I’ve done, or talk to people in my inner circle who know more about who I really am.

I want to be drafted to a team that knows exactly what they’re getting.

I was fortunate enough to do a docu-series throughout the draft process, but I did that to show the behind-the-scenes stuff.

Everything along the way has made me the competitor I am.

Whatever opportunity I get, to make sure I get better, I need to take advantage of that.

Whenever I get a chance to get my reps in, that’s a good challenge for me.

Everybody wants to portray the bad boy, the Johnny Manziel stuff, but I love the game of football. There’s no doubt about that.

Community service has been a great thing for me.

There’s always instances where you want those throws back, but the worst part about it is that I can’t redo it.

I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest.

When a play breaks down, yeah, I’ve been blessed with the ability to make plays.

Football is hard to have success. It is tough to do your job.

You can’t beat the Cotton Bowl. There’s nothing like that.

I can make any throw.

I had to play the cards that I was dealt to get better mentally, physically, and push myself to limits that I didn’t think I was capable of.

Everywhere I look, someone is telling me, ‘You’re not good enough,’ or, ‘You can’t do this or that.’ You can only hear that so many times before enough is enough.

TCU – they told me they were going to offer me a scholarship and kind of drug it out. I told other schools I wasn’t interested because I thought I was going to be there. They disappointed me and kind of hung me out to dry right before signing day.

I was the undersized underdog who people never gave a chance. From that, the motivation to prove people wrong just grew and grew… Looking back now, I’m glad I didn’t hit puberty until later.

I get true joy out of that, being able to help people.

Not everybody responds to yelling at ’em or jumping all over ’em. Sometimes you need to put your arm around somebody and encourage them.

The best thing – I say it all the time – what happened at Oklahoma was sitting for a year after I transferred. To sit there and be able to focus on the physical parts of my body. You know, develop, and then the mental side of the game, learning.

You’ve got to play to your players‘ talents.

I’m not ashamed to speak my mind. What you see is what you get. You’re not going to get a two-faced person who is going to say one thing and mean another.

If you can grab a ball and throw it, you can grab a ball and throw it. I don’t care how tall you are, either. I’m not gonna see over a 6-foot-7 left tackle. You’ve gotta find lanes; you’ve gotta know where your guys are. It’s not about the height: if you can win ball games, you can win ’em.

I always have that in the back of my head – the idea that I’ve been spoon-fed because of where I’m from. I think that’s one of the main things that drives me to work harder to show that, in reality, I haven‘t been handed anything.

When people doubt me, I want to prove them wrong.

I’m not trying to please everybody. I’m just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.

I easily could‘ve gone to a place like Florida Atlantic, but my dad pushed me to realize that my dream was to play somewhere big. He was right.

I’ll do anything it takes to win.

Without pressure, I don’t think this would be very much fun, without all the people watching and finding joy in this game.

I set the bar high, and I’ll do anything, whatever it takes to win. I care more about this game than most people ever will. When you mix a lot of those things with a winning mentality, it’s a good thing to have as a franchise quarterback.

I’ve learned I can’t change every opinion or have everyone‘s approval. If I get caught up in that, I’m worried about the wrong things.

To be compared to Brett Favre is pretty special, but he was his own player, and so am I. I’m not trying to be Brett Favre, Jr., the second coming. I want to be myself, and I want to be the best to ever play.

I’m not fast, so I have to be able to throw from the pocket.

If I were on another team or program, I’d hate me, too.

That’s the biggest difference from college to NFL. Everybody’s so talented at this level, the difference is knowing the game – knowing where to go with the ball in my position, knowing how to execute your job to the highest level. In college, you could just get by playing ball.

Height doesn’t matter. You see guys like Tyrod Taylor, Brees, Russell Wilson: they’ve proven that it doesn’t matter.

Before the game, getting guys in the right mindset and confident – you play well when you’re confident. People can say ‘cockiness’ or whatever, but there are results when you play with a confidence and you believe in yourself.

I’ve always been a guy who’s very confident in my own abilities.

I’ve set up my goals, and I go after them, and if I do that each day, the rest will take care of itself.

I love being around my teammates, and I love leading and having responsibility.

I don’t think I’m over-the-top cocky, I’m just proud of where I came from.

Having been through some adversity, starting from different points and having to work through the depth chart on many occasions, it’s definitely helped my story.

I would never put myself before my mom.

It doesn’t matter the position you’re in. If you’re not going to work hard, then you’re not doing it right.

You don’t build a great castle just all at once.

Expectations are one thing, but you’ve got to do your own. Got to do your own.

Within football, there is a lot of trash talk, a lot of stuff that’s not been made aware to everybody.

I don’t think I’d hold back if I ever had a conversation with anybody that truly passed up on me.