Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Baker Mayfield - Page 2

You're not always going to have a perfect day. You're not always going to have the day that you envision.

I'm not trying to please everybody. I'm just trying to play for one team and do it the right way.

Not everybody responds to yelling at 'em or jumping all over 'em. Sometimes you need to put your arm around somebody and encourage them.

I used to have the mindset of worrying about everybody else's opinions, trying to please everybody, but that's not going to happen.

Anytime you can get the crowd to be a factor, kudos to the crowd.

Community service has been a great thing for me.

I easily could've gone to a place like Florida Atlantic, but my dad pushed me to realize that my dream was to play somewhere big. He was right.

People will have their guesses and opinions on my character, but anyone that's actually sat down and talked to me knows that I don't have any character issues, any off-the-field issues.

Teams ask me about my character, but until you sit down and talk to me directly, you might have image that's portrayed in stories or headlines. But I love the game, I'm up front and honest, I know exactly what I'm about, and that's the most important thing.

You've got to play to your players' talents.

Expectations are one thing, but you've got to do your own. Got to do your own.

Football is a violent, competitive game. That's the way it was always meant to be played. You are supposed to play with an edge. You are actually supposed to impose your will on the other person to win.

Any win feels great. It is hard to do.

Within football, there is a lot of trash talk, a lot of stuff that's not been made aware to everybody.

When people doubt me, I want to prove them wrong.

It is nice to get reps and to slowly build that timing and chemistry. To be able to do that, you start to get into a rhythm.

I always have that in the back of my head - the idea that I've been spoon-fed because of where I'm from. I think that's one of the main things that drives me to work harder to show that, in reality, I haven't been handed anything.

I can listen to all the people patting me on the back, or I can listen to the people saying I need to get better. I know I need to get better, or else there would be nobody saying that.

Football is hard to have success. It is tough to do your job.

My dad thinks I have a photographic memory.

I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest.

When you can have a relationship that's like that to where everything is out in the open, you are up front, and there is open communication, it makes for a great relationship.

If you're not gonna do it right off the field, who's to say we trust you on the field?

I'm confident I can show exactly what I'm about, how much I care about football, and how I'd do anything to win.

If you can grab a ball and throw it, you can grab a ball and throw it. I don't care how tall you are, either. I'm not gonna see over a 6-foot-7 left tackle. You've gotta find lanes; you've gotta know where your guys are. It's not about the height: if you can win ball games, you can win 'em.

I know how to lead.

There's always instances where you want those throws back, but the worst part about it is that I can't redo it.

I set the bar high, and I'll do anything, whatever it takes to win. I care more about this game than most people ever will. When you mix a lot of those things with a winning mentality, it's a good thing to have as a franchise quarterback.

At an early age, it was always trying to root for the Sooners. When Jason White won, it was awesome running around my living room like I won it. I've always had fun watching the Heisman ceremony.

I had to play the cards that I was dealt to get better mentally, physically, and push myself to limits that I didn't think I was capable of.

I had to overcome a lot of things, but with that, I've inspired a lot of people.

I am a huge Justin Timberlake fan.

There are a lot of things I would take back, off the field, to be a franchise guy.

It doesn't matter the position you're in. If you're not going to work hard, then you're not doing it right.

I learned, for me to play at my best, I need to play with an edge.

My mom and I used to dance to the Jackson 5 in our living room.

I've always been a guy who's very confident in my own abilities.

You can't beat the Cotton Bowl. There's nothing like that.

I know how to work. Not everything was given to me.

I get true joy out of that, being able to help people.