I try to just maximize every rep I can get and every opportunity I can take.
— Teddy Bridgewater
I welcome pressure.
Prior to the draft I met with the Vikings about four or five times.
I don't make decisions with my heart, I use my brain to think things through.
Don't have to do anything extra, don't have to put any S's on our chests, capes on our backs. We just have to do our job and do our job well.
We're playing real football here, and doing what it takes to win games.
Go out there and let it rip and don't worry about overthinking things and trying to be perfect. Because when you try to be perfect, that's when you make mistakes.
My entire mindset is about getting better and growing.
Embrace the grind because it was once taken from me.
Sometimes you do get too tough on yourself and you do think the impossible, but that's just the way I want to be.
I'm just going to continue focusing on becoming a better football player, attacking the offseason with the mindset of getting stronger and doing everything that I can to show that when the time comes, I'm ready to play football.
I'm just going to go out and prove that I'm the best guy.
I know that I have the ability to keep a play alive.
Put on the game tape. The game tape speaks volumes because I'm in live action, I'm out there making reads, going through progressions, redirection protection, signaling hot routes, getting the offense in and out of the right play.
I shy away from celebrity status because I don't want to be known as that guy. But I had a chance to partake in the events and the festivities of the Kentucky Derby, and that was a huge honor.
I play for my passion. I could care less about first-round money to seventh-round money.
I really don't get angry.
I want to have an aggressive mentality but a relaxed presence.
Been dealing with pressure since I've been playing sports, so that's why I play the position. It's a pressure-packed position and I love it.
I had that mindset that I feel that I am the best prospect in the draft, but everything happens for a reason.
Honestly, for me, I'm a businessman but I'm a smart businessman.
You can't let the game become too big.
I really don't care about fantasy football.
I feel Teddy Bridgewater is an accurate passer. He's a leader who wants to make everyone else around him better. Someone who's a hard worker, someone who smart with the football and takes care of the football. Someone who competes at a high level on a consistent basis.
As a competitor you want to be out there starting and competing.
Approach each day with the same mindset that your opportunity can come within a blink of an eye.
I'm eager to just get better each and every day.
To play this position you have to have durability.
Each game is important.
When I was in third grade, I promised my mom that I would get her a pink Cadillac Escalade.
Basically, I have to stop overthinking.
I hate to consider myself a celebrity.
You can't change what people think or say.
I was the face of Louisville, as a freshman.
I'm not going to go out there and throw the ball all around the park and throw it to the other team.
I try to take as many reps as I can, whether it's on a video game, playing EA 'Madden Football' or in the playbook, just drawing it or just visualizing it in my head.
I don't try to make any decision of the impulse of my heart. I think things through and go from there.
Basically, I look at every day as a blessing and a new opportunity.
I love Coach Zimmer. He's a tough head coach who stands behind his players 100 percent.
The greatest feeling is coming away with a victory, seeing all of your hard work in training camp paying off. That's the best feeling.
I'm one of those guys that trusts my preparation.
Some people might say, 'It's training camp, the grind of things, can't wait to get to the regular season. Things will be easier.' But I look forward to it.
I want to think that I can do the impossible. I'm just going to continue to think that way. I'm just going to continue to think that way and motivate myself.
When I'm tough on myself, I'm never satisfied.
I'm just confident in myself and my capability to be able to play this position.
I know that if something isn't open down field I can take advantage of my legs and make a play.
I've been advised by guys who have played in the NFL and guys who have my best interests.
The comparison to Willie Beamen - that was pretty harsh, but everything happens for a reason and like I said, you can't control it.
If I could be like any other quarterback that played in the National Football League, I would have to say Brett Favre is the guy. Besides the injuries and the hits and everything, he had a pretty successful career. He's a Hall of Famer for sure, multiple Super Bowls, and that's something that I look forward to doing.
I'm only human.
