Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Baker Mayfield

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

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.

I appreciate all the kids who come up and enjoy my play at OU. But everybody giving me their opinions is where I draw the line. If it's someone who hasn't been there before, I really can't handle it. It's 'Slide more.' 'Don't take as many hits.' 'Get out of bounds.' I know they have my best interests at heart. I just have to remind myself of that.

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

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.

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.

Cleveland, as a whole, is a great sports town. People love the Browns here.

Always have self-confidence because that can take you a long way.

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

I was confident in my ability. It's why I decided to walk on to a bigger school, in the Big 12: because I was confident in myself.

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

You need to be competitive, but a lot of that you can internalize and use that as motivation to drive you. You do not need to show it all the time.

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.

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.

Family first, always, no matter what the situation.

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

I can make any throw.

I think I thrive under the spotlight; I live for a big moment.

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.

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

I've always been a guy to keep positive energy on the sideline.

I have to command the offense. I have to command the team. I have to bring a spark and give us a chance to win.

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.

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

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

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

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

Under pressure is something I thrive on.

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.

For me, being as competitive as I am, the bigger the challenge for me, the better for me.

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.

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

I am a Cleveland Brown. I am proud and happy about that.

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

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.

I love this game, and without the competitive nature, I wouldn't enjoy it.

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

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

I just want the team to win, no matter what the cost is.

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.

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

Life is a bunch of ups and downs. It's how you handle it.

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.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

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

If I came in with the mindset of just being happy that I got drafted and just to settle for a backup job, that wouldn't be myself.

I'm always competitive.

If you can win ballgames, you can win ballgames.

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

You've got to have the same attitude each day. You've got to show up to work.

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.

I'm ready for any adversity that's going to hit.

I'll do anything it takes to win.

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.

You come to Oklahoma to beat Texas. I was born and raised in Austin. They didn't recruit me. I grew up 15 miles from their campus. I can't stand them.

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

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 say it all the time: Texas high school football. It's no joke. It's a big deal. And when you get good coaches like I had at Lake Travis, and then you play other good programs, it develops you very quickly, and it gets you going.