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.
— Carson Wentz
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.
Timing and accuracy is really what matters at the end of the day.
As a competitor, you want to get on the field as soon as you can. But you want to do best for your team, your career and everything. That's not up me to decide.
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.
Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.
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.
I view every day just as an opportunity.
I think I have the special ability to process information quickly and dissect defenses.
I hold myself to a high standard.
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.
Even at North Dakota State, football is a big deal.
We have a culture at NDSU that's about the team first.
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.
There are going to be losses. There are going to be bad plays. There are going to be mistakes.
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.
Every down is important.
I need to play smarter and protect the football.
I just have pretty good recall of information.
I like to push the ball down the field when it's there. There's also times you just take the underneath one.
Coach Pederson, for me, the communication we have is clear, and it's an open line. He really respects my opinion on plays. If I'm feeling something... he instills a lot of confidence in me. That is huge.
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.
If the team's winning, I'm going to do whatever I can to help the team, whether that's from third-string role, backup, starter, it doesn't matter. I'm going to do what I can to prepare and help the team.
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.
I enjoy creating relationships with my teammates, my friends, and I genuinely care about people.
Honestly, I always told my coaches my whole career - we'll practice two-minute drills in practice, like, once a week and everything - I'm just like, 'Those are my favorite time of football.' I'm out there in total control, just getting everything lined up, getting everybody on the same page, and obviously, usually it's pass after pass after pass.
I'm going to put a lot of expectations on myself.
Names that come to mind that I've learned from are Tom Brady - the way he gets the ball out and is so decisive. You can tell he is in total control out there. Another name is Aaron Rodgers, and how he's in total command. And also, Cam Newton, the way he has fun. I love that part of it.
I've always thought I played at a high level and played at a fast pace.
Playing football in Fargo has a total big-time feel. Everyone says it's FCS and it's a smaller school, but in Fargo, North Dakota, and in the state of North Dakota, NDSU football is the real deal.
Central Michigan was the one FBS team that recruited me hard.
You're not always going to come out on top.
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.
A lot of different things go into calling the run game - especially at the line of scrimmage.
I want to be playing into January for the rest of my career, God willing.
A photographic memory, to me, is kind of like brainiac, genius type. I don't think I have that.
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.
For me, I stay pretty focused on football, and then at the end of the day, you just go home and relax.
All men are wired to be in control of what's going on in their life.
All I care about is winning.
Young quarterbacks usually experience bumps in the road. I'll take them in stride.
I think leadership is just something that comes really natural to me.
I didn't even have cable back in my college house.
I'm just going to compete my tail off and hopefully win a lot of games.
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.
Being at NDSU and winning national championships, everyone's gunning for you. You got a big target on your back, and we had to be ready to go week in and week out. I think playing for a program like that, everyone's going to give you their best shot, and we embrace that.
A lot of guys have tons of talent, but it boils down to the mental side of things. Preparing and knowing your offense and studying the defense. Being able to read and react quickly. The mental side is often overlooked.
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.
If you throw the ball 60 times, you are going to make miss some of them. That kind of happens.
I don't get nervous.
