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Drake Maye: Our goal is ACC Championship game
QB Drake Maye said he and his teammates will use a strong start last season as motivation for the beginning of 2023.
And voices So left side uh Drake about the fourth row there Your pick Sarah uh Drake Ok QC B Fox Sean uh Drake your best quarterback in the AC C in the top five in the country and the way the season in the last year has been a leader Um Are you over that motivational home this season If you guys get back to the AC C title game would you wanna see again and get some get back It doesn't matter who Yeah Um No I think the way we did it last year you know a lot of close game Um anyway you in season like that Um you know I use it as motivation you know that's all we talk about You know we're not in one rolling in the Jordan Tech and you know we finish 9 to 5 Um so just find ways to you know use that motivation at the same time Get over that home and uh you know look forward to this season you know excited Um you know that's our goal to get back to AC championship Um You don't think I don't think coach or you guys care who we played as long as we're in it Um so that's the main goal that we're working towards and you know I think you know we gotta start off on the right foot and get talking about it and from there just go ahead to your right fifth row Hi how are you Good Are you Ok Is being Charlotte 7 30 in the game being such a pivotal sports figure on campus as QB one What are your thoughts on the current mental health crisis among colle athletes across the nation right now Oh no I think um you know I think mental health is a huge thing I think you know along with you know physical health mental and physical well together um I mean the world is an athlete I think you know North Carolina um I think the university itself does a great job giving us mental health days just as not only athletes but as students we're students student athletes So just having days where we're off in class and we just focus on you know like I said calling some family member or getting in touch with somebody and just worry about our mental health I think is a great job The White Hall run our mental health a former player in North Carolina He does a great job We have so many resources nowaday in college especially these college football players just not being afraid they'll reach out and as those teammates and friends you see somebody the big thing is just ask if they're ok You really have genuine conversation with them That's the big thing mental health you have somebody there for you for sport And obviously mental health is a huge thing in the sport and just in daily life for everybody back to your left fourth row from the post and Courier in Charleston like Coach Brown was saying with the new additions to the staff it seems like you've been really hit with some cool new knowledge with Coach Christiansen Lindsay and kitchens What's that been like working with those guys Oh it's been awesome You know first off Coach Lindsay you know the hand it off Coach Lindsay has been awesome Uh just getting a new like I said new knowledge from different officer Coordinator Coach Long is great but just hearing somebody's else's voice pick up new things Um obviously that's the great thing about having a new officer there He's calling the shots and you get to hear his perspective of things maybe different Coach Longo or maybe the same and you get to kind of get the full swing of you know what two great officers think Coach Chris Galley has coached you know Peyton Manning and Luck and Tom Brady So just sitting there some tape you know watching old drills with them picking up little things you know he's coached the best I'm just trying to you know pick up whatever I can for him coach coach K is just you know a few years back head coach on the ground So you know I think he knows a few things and have him in there coaching John the guys and they got a great room in there So just like I said trying to soak it all up I ask all the questions you know I was asked the other day about Baker and some of those guys that coach you know their mentality and you know competitor I think you know you never know no question to question the guys like them So just you know so confident I can And the day um you know that that what you know kind of bring us all together footballs for football So I just like I said stay on your left first row when I think about you I kind of think of the movie the program and the high can like can are you able to dial in and focus on the season when you're getting a lot of high speed You also getting a lot of NF dr how are you able to just zero in and focus on some other Yeah I think um the main thing the main thing that's winning games I think coach is we try to win on the games So you know all those personal athletes come with winning football games and you know having being up there in the championship you know bigger thing So you start you know like I said start with football winning games and like last year as competing and coach set up 10 games or 10 days before the game starters and just you know find that same mentality that I got here not lose side of that don't lose side of you know what got me here and the hard work and you know stay an extra you know extra throwing and you know same things not let the like I said that stuff take away from you know what what we're here for the Drake here Last question still left side about the fourth throw towards the wall and counting Syracuse with the last word on the courts The AC C is a lead level conference in terms of quarterback play in particular I'm sure Matt would want to hear you say you're just focusing on yourself but in reality with just a few of us here Do you ever wake up on Sunday morning Go on your media site and see what the other quarterbacks in the conference did compared to what you did on Saturday Oh yeah I mean I I don't think I you know wake up Sunday morning and go check him out I think you should see some highlights and you see oh you had a big game But I think the cool thing about like I was just telling John I know about all the record You guys set up to em and and and so uh just get you know you get to know all these guys down in the man man passing camp and basically rooming with Jordan Travis So you get to you get to see these guys meet them and you know they're all great dudes you know great players and you kind of create that quarterback bar It's kind of hard to explain but you know this is this is special so you get a chance to you know we're all going through the same thing So I kind of you know have somebody there going through the same thing just kind of you know relate and stuff and um yeah I I look up some big games for the guys and send him a text like last year Sam Martin I knew Sam Martin Well so we had some big games going and um send him a text and stuff Thank you North Carolina Good luck Have a good season Thank you folks Clemson is