Carson Wentz Quotes

If the team's winning, I'm going to do whatever I can to help the team, whether that's from third-string role, backup, starter, it doesn't matter. I'm going to do what I can to prepare and help the team.

- Carson Wentz

Winning, Prepare, Role, Backup

A photographic memory, to me, is kind of like brainiac, genius type. I don't think I have that.

- Carson Wentz

Memory, Genius, Think, Photographic

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.

- Carson Wentz

Want, Chip, Regard, Shoulder

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.

- Carson Wentz

Play, Some, Wide, Shoulder

Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.

- Carson Wentz

School, Smaller, Chip, Shoulder

I know we're not going undefeated. I know I'm not going to throw a touchdown every game.

- Carson Wentz

Game, Going, Throw, Undefeated

A lot of guys have tons of talent, but it boils down to the mental side of things. Preparing and knowing your offense and studying the defense. Being able to read and react quickly. The mental side is often overlooked.

- Carson Wentz

Studying, Side, Read, Tons

Honestly, I always told my coaches my whole career - we'll practice two-minute drills in practice, like, once a week and everything - I'm just like, 'Those are my favorite time of football.' I'm out there in total control, just getting everything lined up, getting everybody on the same page, and obviously, usually it's pass after pass after pass.

- Carson Wentz

Practice, Career, Everybody, Lined

Football is football; I don't care if you're doing it in Division II, NAIA, or in the SEC or anything in between.

- Carson Wentz

Football, Doing, Anything, SEC

Names that come to mind that I've learned from are Tom Brady - the way he gets the ball out and is so decisive. You can tell he is in total control out there. Another name is Aaron Rodgers, and how he's in total command. And also, Cam Newton, the way he has fun. I love that part of it.

- Carson Wentz

Love, Tell, Another, Cam

I want to be playing into January for the rest of my career, God willing.

- Carson Wentz

Rest, Career, Willing, January

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.

- Carson Wentz

Deal, Smaller, Dakota, Fargo

Young quarterbacks usually experience bumps in the road. I'll take them in stride.

- Carson Wentz

Road, Young, Take, Stride

There is just something about being out in open country, about seeing the sun rise over a pond, that's really beautiful.

- Carson Wentz

Country, Over, Pond, Just Something

I think leadership is just something that comes really natural to me.

- Carson Wentz

Think, Natural, I Think, Just Something

Coach Pederson, for me, the communication we have is clear, and it's an open line. He really respects my opinion on plays. If I'm feeling something... he instills a lot of confidence in me. That is huge.

- Carson Wentz

Confidence, Line, Plays, Respects

A lot of different things go into calling the run game - especially at the line of scrimmage.

- Carson Wentz

Game, Line, Lot, Different Things

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.

- Carson Wentz

Game, Have Fun, Before, Worship

I'm a very motivated person. I don't need extra motivation.

- Carson Wentz

Need, Motivated, Very, Extra

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.

- Carson Wentz

Trust, Play, Plays, Rip

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.

- Carson Wentz

Need, Like, Months, Triggers

I like to push the ball down the field when it's there. There's also times you just take the underneath one.

- Carson Wentz

Down, Like, Also, Underneath

I can make all the throws. My mental side is a strength as far as understanding defense schemes and our playbook. I'm able to change plays when needed. I think that sets me apart.

- Carson Wentz

Strength, Needed, I Think, Apart

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.

- Carson Wentz

Love, College, Deer, Escape

I need to play smarter and protect the football.

- Carson Wentz

Play, Need, Protect, Smarter

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.

- Carson Wentz

Play, Pretty, Knew, Starting

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.

- Carson Wentz

Gun, Kind, Like, Bull

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.

- Carson Wentz

Some, Read, ESPN, No Point

I'm not an idiot; I can make adjustments to my life. But I like having a schedule.

- Carson Wentz

My Life, Schedule, Having, Adjustment

You just control what you can control and just hopefully go win games and keep getting better.

- Carson Wentz

Better, Keep, Getting, Hopefully

I'm just going to compete my tail off and hopefully win a lot of games.

- Carson Wentz

Compete, Going, Lot, Hopefully

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.

- Carson Wentz

Want, Go, Franchise, Hopefully

There are going to be losses. There are going to be bad plays. There are going to be mistakes.

- Carson Wentz

Bad, Going, Plays, Losses

All I care about is winning.

- Carson Wentz

Winning, Care, About, I Care

It's how I'm wired. If I'm not the best at something, it ticks me off, and I want to work harder to be the best. It's also the way I was raised.

- Carson Wentz

Work, Want, Wired, Harder

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.

- Carson Wentz

Always, Philly, Honestly, Restaurants

I remember just praying, 'Dear Lord, please let me grow to be at least 6 feet.'

- Carson Wentz

Feet, Grow, I Remember, Dear

I enjoy creating relationships with my teammates, my friends, and I genuinely care about people.

- Carson Wentz

Relationships, Genuinely, Teammates

I think the biggest thing, even from Day 1 after the draft, was coach DeFillipo being very detailed with everything.

- Carson Wentz

Think, I Think, Very, Draft

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.

- Carson Wentz

Think, Last, Made, Farthest

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.

- Carson Wentz

Week, Big, I Think, Target

I'm going to go out and attack it and get better every day. That's the same approach I've had since I was just a little kid.

- Carson Wentz

Every Day, Kid, Going, Attack

I think I have the special ability to process information quickly and dissect defenses.

- Carson Wentz

Process, Think, Special, Dissect

I didn't even have cable back in my college house.

- Carson Wentz

College, Back, Even, Cable

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.

- Carson Wentz

Always, Might, Plays, Scramble

If you throw the ball 60 times, you are going to make miss some of them. That kind of happens.

- Carson Wentz

Kind, Some, Going, Miss

I just have pretty good recall of information.

- Carson Wentz

Information, Pretty, Recall, Pretty Good

I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.

- Carson Wentz

Pressure, Kind, Any, Scrutiny

Even at North Dakota State, football is a big deal.

- Carson Wentz

Big, Deal, Even, Dakota

I'm going to put a lot of expectations on myself.

- Carson Wentz

Myself, Going, Lot, Expectations

Timing and accuracy is really what matters at the end of the day.

- Carson Wentz

Timing, Matters, Accuracy

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.

- Carson Wentz

College, Think, I Think, Rookie

I hate losing, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to be the best at whatever it is I'm doing.

- Carson Wentz

Hate, Doing, Gonna, Takes

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.

- Carson Wentz

Play, More, Prove, Heck

Everything that comes with the game, I think I will handle it extremely easily. I don't let a lot of that outside stuff bother me.

- Carson Wentz

Game, Think, I Think, Handle

Central Michigan was the one FBS team that recruited me hard.

- Carson Wentz

Team, Me, Central, Michigan

I've always thought I played at a high level and played at a fast pace.

- Carson Wentz

Always, High, High Level, Pace

I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.

- Carson Wentz

Business, Myself, Like, Earned

For me, I stay pretty focused on football, and then at the end of the day, you just go home and relax.

- Carson Wentz

Relax, Go, Pretty, Go Home

You're not always going to come out on top.

- Carson Wentz

Always, Going, Come, Top

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.

- Carson Wentz

Winning, Prepare, Same, Losing

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.

- Carson Wentz

Best, Career, Want, Decide

All men are wired to be in control of what's going on in their life.

- Carson Wentz

Men, Control, Going, Wired

I don't get nervous.

- Carson Wentz

Get, Nervous

I view every day just as an opportunity.

- Carson Wentz

Opportunity, Every Day, View

I hold myself to a high standard.

- Carson Wentz

Myself, High, Standard, High Standard

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