Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Mitchell Trubisky.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Mitchell David Trubisky is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina and was drafted second overall by the Chicago Bears in the 2017 NFL Draft.
It's my job to run the offense and make sure everything goes smoothly.
It feels good when you put the hard work in and it comes to life out on the field.
This isn't a one-man game. You're never going out there by yourself.
I was a LeBron fan, wanted him to stay in Cleveland for the hometown team, but he made a decision for his family. You've got to respect that.
You just play your game and find a way to win for your team.
Every little thing you do is going to add up and be the difference and contribute to your success. If you believe in that, it's going to make you want to get 1 percent better every day. Do that extra one rep in the weight room. Do that extra mental rep at practice. Stay a little longer because it's going to add up and be the difference.
You've got to be the first one in the door and last one out.
I need to be the leader day in and day out - and I will be.
We're just going to continue to grow, keep getting better, but I definitely think it's the work we put in in practice.
Grandma's Camry, I don't think it goes past 100. If you're in an F1 car you can do circles around my Grandma's Camry. But it's Ol' Reliable, for sure.
I'm very intense and passionate about what I do.
There's just something inside of me that wakes me up every day and pushes me and wants me to be great.
I expect to play well.
We know to come to work every day. It just makes everything that much more fun.
I love those words: killer instincts. Great teams, great players, they develop that, and it's not something that has to be said.
I was never a Packers fan.
When you can recognize hot throws and blitzes, that's when they can slow down their blitz and they don't want to blitz you as much because you're getting the ball out.
Freshman year of college we got to go on a NASCAR course in Charlotte.
Coach Nagy has a gunslinger mentality.
I don't know about the future; no one really does. I'm excited about the possibilities of what can happen, and I feel good about it.
You've got to be the hardest-working guy.
I want to be the guy calling the shots.
My job is to come in here and do the best I can to the best of my ability.
You've got to be the most knowledgeable, and you've got to be competitive.
I know if you're not first, you're last. That's all you need to know.
My family calls me Mitchell. But I have friends and teammates who call me Mitch, as well. I don't have a preference.
It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.
Freshman year of college, one of my coaches was out with family friends or whatever. Somebody said my name and kind of stuttered it or mumbled it. He was like, 'What'd you say? Mr. Biscuit?' instead of Mitchell Trubisky. It kind of stuck that week of practice, and that's what all the boys started calling me.
I never worry about injury. When you go out there, you're playing football. And when you start worrying about those things, that's more when they happen, playing timid or keeping it in the back of your mind.
I've realized that these people you look up to - watching Aaron Rodgers, watching Tom Brady - they're humans just like I am. They can make mistakes. They're just people.
I don't know what hype you're talking about, I don't pay attention to it.
I'm always mad when I throw an interception, but at the same time I don't care what anybody thinks.
This is the best team sport ever created.
Everyone in this league can throw the football and make plays.
I want it to be here in Chicago. I'm going to play my heart and soul out for this team and give it everything I've got.
As a competitor, you want the biggest, tallest challenge you can possibly ask for.
I'm not very good with the numbers and details and the language of contracts. I just want to play football.
I'm human. I'm going to make mistakes, but I'm trying to do the best I can.
If a teacher goes, 'Do you guys want an easy test?' You're going to say, 'Heck, yeah.' The less you've got to study, I'm going ace this test.
I like to try to play around 223, 220 pounds. It's a comfortable playing weight.
I'm thinking about football all the time... This is what I love to do.
There's an inner desire, something inside of me, that's always wanted to be great and leave a mark.
I've been trying to prove myself since I picked up this brown ball at the age of 7.
It's just like, you make a goal list - you write your goals down, you check it off once you get there and you make a new one.
I have to make sure I study and do my job.
It's not really about what I can do individually, it's about what we can accomplish as a team.
I love the grind. I think it makes you better in all facets of life.
You get frustrated because you're so competitive and you want to win every drill.
I've got to continue to study, and if it's not the plays, it's studying more film, studying more defenses, watching other guys across the league, see what I can pick up.
You've got to focus on getting better at one thing at a time, every single drill, every single snap.
The more reps you get, the more you calm down and the less thinking you're doing. Then you just go out and play.
I'm kind of OCD.
I don't think anyone wants to win more than I do.
Who wants to get sacked? Not me.
You need balance in your life all-around. When you find that balance and relax and get away from the game a little bit - and when you come back, you just go that much harder.
Control what you can control. I can control my emotions, my attitude, my effort every day.
I actually haven't had a Chicago-style hot dog.
I'm very humble that people are accepting me, and they are proud that I'm their quarterback.
I've definitely grown as a leader - being able to speak up, getting closer with coach and being on the same page, communicating and being more involved in the game plan and the checks throughout the game. Seeing the game a little bit better.
We've got to have that mindset that we've got to close out games and go up by more than two scores to really shut out the opponent and just take away all their confidence.