Timing and accuracy is really what matters at the end of the day.
Carson Wentz
I'm a competitive son of a gun. I don't like losing. I want to be the best out there. I want to lead the troops. I want to kind of take the bull by the horns and be in control.
A photographic memory, to me, is kind of like brainiac, genius type. I don't think I have that.
There is just something about being out in open country, about seeing the sun rise over a pond, that's really beautiful.
I think leadership is just something that comes really natural to me.
Honestly, I've always loved cheesesteaks. They're kind of my go-to when there's nothing else to have at restaurants, but obviously it's a little different when you're out in Philly and have an authentic Philly cheesesteak.
I listen to worship music before the game to calm my nerves and just go out and have fun. It's a game, and I try to enjoy it.
I view every day just as an opportunity.
Young quarterbacks usually experience bumps in the road. I'll take them in stride.
At the end of the day, you just want to go to a team that believes in you... and hopefully wants to build a franchise around you.
You just control what you can control and just hopefully go win games and keep getting better.
Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.
Central Michigan was the one FBS team that recruited me hard.
I'm not an idiot; I can make adjustments to my life. But I like having a schedule.
I actually hated hunting the first time I went when I was a kid. My dad took us deer hunting. We sat there for 30 minutes, and I felt like I was losing my mind. But in college, I fell in love with it. Football became a full-time job, and I needed an escape. I needed something that would mellow me out.
As a junior in high school, I had some injury problems with my arm and shoulder from baseball, so I didn't play quarterback as a junior. I played a little wide receiver, linebacker, and safety.
I just have to have trust in my guys to make plays. I play at a confident, fast pace, and when I like something, I take it. I rip it.
I like to push the ball down the field when it's there. There's also times you just take the underneath one.
I'll be in a cadence, and I'll start to see one thing that a defense is starting to do, I'm like, 'I saw that two months ago on film.' And then that triggers whatever call you need to make.
I'm just going to compete my tail off and hopefully win a lot of games.
I've read some things that people said about me, and some of it's not even close to accurate. Honestly, I don't even have ESPN in my house. There's really no point.
Even at North Dakota State, football is a big deal.
From the third grade, I knew that I wanted to play in the NFL. It's pretty cool to see the dream about to come to fruition, but it's just a starting point.
I've always thought I played at a high level and played at a fast pace.
I'm a very motivated person. I don't need extra motivation.
All men are wired to be in control of what's going on in their life.
As a competitor, you want to get on the field as soon as you can. But you want to do best for your team, your career and everything. That's not up me to decide.
If you can play, you can play - and I know I can. If anyone wants to doubt that, heck - I'm more than ready to prove you wrong.
I just have pretty good recall of information.
I think I have the special ability to process information quickly and dissect defenses.
I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.
I didn't even have cable back in my college house.
If I scramble, I might get 5, 10, 15, 20 yards, but I'm not that fast. I always want to get it to the guys that can make plays.
For me, I stay pretty focused on football, and then at the end of the day, you just go home and relax.
Playing football in Fargo has a total big-time feel. Everyone says it's FCS and it's a smaller school, but in Fargo, North Dakota, and in the state of North Dakota, NDSU football is the real deal.
All I care about is winning.
I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.
Being at NDSU and winning national championships, everyone's gunning for you. You got a big target on your back, and we had to be ready to go week in and week out. I think playing for a program like that, everyone's going to give you their best shot, and we embrace that.
I hold myself to a high standard.
I don't get nervous.
I need to play smarter and protect the football.
You're not always going to come out on top.
I remember just praying, 'Dear Lord, please let me grow to be at least 6 feet.'
I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.
I hate losing, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to be the best at whatever it is I'm doing.
When you come in as the second overall pick, the last thing you want is for guys to think you believe you've made it. Because that's the farthest thing from the truth.
I know we're not going undefeated. I know I'm not going to throw a touchdown every game.
I think the biggest thing, even from Day 1 after the draft, was coach DeFillipo being very detailed with everything.
It doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. You've got to be the same guy; you've got to prepare the same.
I do have a little chip on my shoulder. I want to make a name for this state. I want to represent this state well so that's kinda the chip on my shoulder in that regard.
