Quotes from Kyler Murray

I don't play to be mediocre.

I never wanted to be mediocre at anything.

School was my sanctuary.

Christmas time, you're at home with your friends and your parents. You sit down around the table and just play Scrabble. It's a fun game for me.

I don't go out there looking, 'Hey, let me make this throw to show off my arm or anything like that.' But if it's there, I've got to take the chance.

No matter the circumstances, just keep battling and keep battling.

I don't think anybody running the ball, besides some running backs, like to get hit.

My mom's my best friend.

I stand for what's right. That's the bottom line. I call it like I see it.

As a kid, that's what you dream of: going to an organization and being that guy, turning the program around, organization around, winning Super Bowls.

I live, breathe and eat football.

For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.

Obviously, in football you can study somebody, but at the same time, once you get out there, I think there's just a natural kind of feel for where you think guys might be or where they're going to go and knowing beforehand what's going to happen. It's just like chess.

I just show up and do what I'm supposed to do.

Just having the opportunity to play baseball and football at a major D-I level is a great opportunity.

I mean, I miss basketball. I didn't get to play basketball as much as I may have wanted to, but yeah, I miss baseball for sure.

I'm pretty confident in my ability to get out of the pocket, be fast and run on the field.

I always thought I'd end up at a small school and have to play my way up to what I thought I could be. But no, I've always had confidence in myself. That was never a thing. It was just whether or not colleges or coaches felt that way about myself.

I think anybody should be confident in themselves.

Once I found my swing, I feel like if I put a good swing on it, I feel like it's got a good chance to go wherever - left, right, center - it doesn't matter. But I'm not just out here going to swing for home runs of anything. I'm just trying to put a good swing on the baseball.

I've got this silver necklace and silver cross that my mom got me that I always wear during games. I don't know if it's superstition as much as it's the fact I wouldn't even feel right not wearing it.

It's about showing the kids from your city that you are worth believing in. It's about being the man your family prayed you'd be.

When you prepare for something, it's hard to be nervous.

I know who I am. My teammates know who I am. And my coaches know who I am.