For me, I've just got to go out there, not overthink things, just play within myself and just allow the game to come me.
— Marcus Mariota
I'm pretty OCD. I like to fine-tune every single detail. I think that's a habit built maybe from me being OCD.
It doesn't matter if it's cards, doesn't matter if I am racing home from dinner or something, I just want to be the first to do it. That's just kind of my mentality. That's been my mentality for a long time. It's kind of the way I was raised.
I think teams really want to see how you respond picking up and grasping things and if you can make changes and regurgitate that information.
As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.
It's a part of my game, something I've done since I was a little kid. Whenever I have an opportunity to do it, I feel comfortable outside the pocket. Big plays happen that way.
I expect myself to do my job, and that's taking care of the football and converting third downs.
Whatever team wants me, I'd love to play for them.
You just have to focus on that you can do day to day.
I get to play a game that I love and I'm going to make the most of it.
You have to have a deep passing game within your offense. It's got to be incorporated in some form or fashion.
Any player will stand in front of you and say they're confident in their abilities and I'm no different.
I would love to play for the Bucs. But that being said, I think if you find the team that wants you, that's going to be the right team.
The way Michael Vick uses his legs and is able to throw out of the pocket really changes games. The way that Aaron Rodgers is able to sit in the pocket and make throws that not a lot of people can make - I hope I can be half what those guys are and emulate it into my game.
I don't really compare myself to anybody but just try to be the best I can be.
I just try to be the best version that I can be, day in and day out.
Obviously I love Nashville, I love Tennessee. It's a great organization to play for.
It's a contact sport. At some point, I'll get hit and that's part of it. I'm not worried about it.
I try to get stronger every year, that's part of me trying to be better as a football player.
Any motivation starts with some type of doubt.
Any rookie is going to go through a transition process that's going to be tough.
As an athlete, as a competitor, any person would tell you they're the best. I truly believe that in myself.
You hold everybody that's Polynesian or Samoan on your shoulders. You want to do your best to represent that in the best way that you can.
If you throw four interceptions, it's tough to win.
I do play in a spread offense and in order to translate into the NFL, I'll have to take snaps under center.
It is hard sometimes, we live in a world where results and all these things matter.
I love throwing the deep ball.
You know what? For myself, I kind of like the spy because it takes another guy out of coverage or another guy out of rushing.
All I can really control is how I prepare and get ready for whatever team picks me.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
Growing up I was a huge Michael Vick fan.
The NFL is changing a little bit. The prototypical quarterback seems to be a little bit more mobile now. At the same time, if you can't throw the ball with the best of them, then you won't get an opportunity.
You just have to be your best and no matter what, do what you can do and affect the things that you can control. And from there, let the dominoes fall where they may and see where you end up.
My mentality as a competitor never changes.
I always think of myself as a point guard.
Anything I am doing, I want to win, I want to be the best at it.
If I can walk, I can play.
All I know is myself and I don't plan on changing that.
I love the game and I want to be part of this for a long time.
When it comes down to it, you win a bunch of games or maybe things don't go the way that you plan - those relationships that you build with the guys around you last a lifetime. To me, that's meaningful.
For me, any team that wants me to be part of their club, I'm all for it.
My family has always valued my education.
Other people's opinions don't matter to me.
You can't just limit yourself to underneath routes and let the defense kind of sit on those things.
I would love to play for the Browns.
You know, being the first pick to me, it's not a huge thing.
I love Oregon. I love the community.
My mentality is still the same. I have to continue to get better.
You have great assets if you're a dual-threat, but you still have to throw from the pocket and do all those types of things.
There's certain circumstances, there's certain situations, there's certain decisions that have to be made based upon the business and you can't take that personal.
