I experienced different things growing up as a child that helped me. That helped mold me into the man that I am now, to the athlete that I am now.
— Jameis Winston
I'm gonna be myself. I'm gonna continue to be myself.
I'm really just excited to play football. It's a win-win situation for me. I just got to go out there and do what I do best. It's what God blessed me to do, so I've got to do it.
Sometimes, you get kind of redundant by learning the same offense over and over again.
My primary focus is going into a football game and having a turnover-free football game. That's my primary focus.
One thing that I've learned is if you can play it don't matter what age you are, it doesn't matter.
I hate being bored.
Coming from high school, when you sit that first year, if you love football, have respect for the game.
I know when the time gets rough, I think I'm better than anybody in a hard time than anyone in the country.
I can't be careless with the ball.
After I won the Heisman a lot of people were thinking I probably wouldn't set foot on a baseball field, but I love this game, too. That's what some people fail to realize.
I really would want Tampa, the city of Tampa, to help build me and to help me become a better young man and become someone that they would want in their community.
When some people play football, they think of it as just a sport. To me, it's everything.
I know I have to live up to the hype wherever I go. If I'm an inch below the standard, it'll be chaos.
As a quarterback, you have to be able to nickel-and-dime down the field.
Bottom line, to win football games, we've got to get Mike Evans the ball.
Well, ever since I was six, I had a little notebook with coverages and notes on the mental aspect of a game, what it meant to be a leader and what type of attitude you had to have.
One great lesson that I would just pass along to every young person out there or anybody that feels that they can handle everything by themselves, that feels all they need is themselves, their sheer will and their confidence, I would disagree with that.
I know who I am as a person and as a player.
I'm the head of my home. And I have to get my daily bread by chasing Christ.
I know I'm confident in my ability.
I'm not a selfish player; it's about our team.
It's about being a student-athlete, and not just getting that easy money and going to the league.
I'm a regular college student.
I draw a lot of comparisons with Cam Newton and E.J. Manuel. But for the mental part, I like to view myself as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and those guys. Because they're so ahead of everyone else when it comes to that part of the game.
I measure myself by the win column.
I used to be a hitter when I was in high school.
It would be a privilege to be accepted by the Glazer family in Tampa.
Southern Florida ain't even Florida for real. It's like New York, Chicago, the beaches.
I want to be better than Bo Jackson, hopefully.
Always having that chip on your shoulder is an important thing for a quarterback.
I make a lot of throws off-balance and a lot of throws just using my arm.
I am going to develop some smarter habits.
When I was young, I always wanted to be great at football.
I don't have time to think about bad things, I'm always looking forward. Focusing on the positive, not the negative.
My confidence will never waver.
I always was a guy that wanted to be liked. That wanted to be like everyone else, not really understanding that the platform that I had was different than others. Not really understanding that God expects more from his leaders that he does from people who are not really committed to Him.
I'm going to be a good quarterback, a great quarterback.
My main goal as a leader is to be a huge advocate in the community and I've done that and I want to continue to do that.
I was always raised as a student first and an athlete second. I think that's the main purpose in college. Some athletes lose that perspective.
Every week, I'm trying to work on something and improve on something.
I probably have more success in football, but baseball is a passion of mine, and I want to play as long as possible.
It's not about you playing when everything is going good, it's how you react when things are going bad and not going your way.
Some people don't understand that after football season, I've got to go to baseball.
I think it would be a privilege to play in Tampa, period, with the Florida State fan base and everything I have been involved with in the state of Florida.
When I think about football, I think about my love, my passion, what has football done for me as far as discipline, as far as learning how to lead. It taught me a lot about life.
If you think about a tweet, don't post it.
Quarterback is the most scrutinized and publicized position in sports.
Draft day is just another chapter in my life.
I learn in different ways. If I can visualize what's going on and see what's happening, I can go out there and do it out there on the field.
