10 Things Patrick Mahomes Can't Live Without

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There are a few things Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes can't live without. From a bag of Doritos and Oakley sunglasses to his Super Bowl ring and his wife Brittany, these are the defending Super Bowl champion's ten essentials.  Director: Chris Smith  Director of Photography: Chris Durr  Editor: Eric Bigman Creative Producer: Arielle Neblett  Line Producer: Jen Santos  Production Manager: James Pipitone  Production Coordinator: Jamal Colvin  Talent Manager: Paige Keffer Camera Operator: Shaun Cloud; Kevin McKinney Audio Engineer: Ted Topi  Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Filmed on Location at Loews Kansas City Hotel

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00:00 I wear it to pretty much any big event.

00:02 Kind of get the stun a little bit on everybody,

00:04 especially the guys that don't have them.

00:06 What's up GQ?

00:07 This is Patrick Mahomes and these are my essentials.

00:09 (upbeat music)

00:12 My snacks.

00:17 Oh, oh, yep, there it is.

00:20 I have to keep my body in shape.

00:22 So no one tell my trainer this or the chiefs,

00:25 but I'm a big snacker.

00:26 I like to eat a lot of chips, candy,

00:29 whatever it is, especially at nighttime,

00:30 which I know is the worst part of the day to eat snacks.

00:34 I always grab either a purple bag of Doritos,

00:36 which I just got on.

00:38 I used to be a Cool Ranch guy,

00:39 but now I'm on the purple bag.

00:41 Or I grab some gummies, like the Jolly Rancher gummies.

00:45 Green's my favorite flavor or Starburst.

00:48 I know there's a bunch of debate about this,

00:49 but the red flavor is definitely the best.

00:51 And I like the pink too, but red, come on.

00:54 Let's end the debate.

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00:58 So the next essential is definitely sunglasses.

01:01 And you know me, you know I'm rocking the Oakleys.

01:03 Let me go and throw them on for y'all.

01:05 This style of Oakley, I've kind of felt like it's like mine.

01:09 I went to the headquarters of the Oakley studio

01:11 right when I signed with them.

01:12 And this is like the first one that I picked out.

01:14 And I hadn't seen anybody really rocking them.

01:16 They kind of have that snowboarder type swag,

01:18 but at the same time, I thought I can make it mine

01:20 and bring it to the football world, the athlete world.

01:23 Kind of covers up your face a little bit.

01:25 You can be incognito.

01:26 No one knows what you're thinking.

01:27 No one can see your eyes.

01:29 And then the new swag that they got going with these lenses

01:31 and the frames of them is something

01:33 that I think I'm gonna rock a lot this season.

01:35 (upbeat music)

01:38 Obviously it means a ton to me.

01:40 What I do for a living to be able to have this,

01:42 this is the pinnacle.

01:43 It's what you want whenever you step on a football field,

01:45 no matter if you're in Pee-wee football,

01:47 high school, whatever it is,

01:48 your dream is to win the Superbowl.

01:50 And that first one, that first one hits different.

01:52 I wear it to pretty much any big event.

01:55 Kind of get the stun a little bit on everybody,

01:57 especially the guys that don't have them.

01:59 But at the same time,

02:00 it's something that just means the most to you.

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02:05 Another key essential that I always have on,

02:08 definitely gotta be the Mahomes ones.

02:10 To have your own signature shoe,

02:12 when you're growing up and you're watching,

02:13 you see Jordan, you see LeBron, his, James Harden.

02:16 Not a lot of NFL players have their own signature shoe.

02:18 A lot of them have cleats for Adidas

02:20 to give me the opportunity to have my own signature shoe.

02:22 They let me completely help design the whole shoe.

02:25 And for me, I want them to be a lifestyle shoe,

02:27 but at the same time, something that you can train in.

02:29 And obviously with me, I train all the time

02:31 and I want to be able to run and cut.

02:32 Like they're high top,

02:33 they're a little bit sturdier at the top here.

02:35 They got a firm bottom where you can really train in.

02:37 At the same time, you can throw them on with jeans.

02:40 You can walk around the house,

02:41 you could go out to eat with them.

02:42 And I definitely had to bring out kind of a one of a kind.

02:44 This is actually my wedding shoe that the Adidas made for me.

02:47 I mean, you can see they got the diamonds on them.

02:51 Really kind of stunned with the light blue,

02:53 which is my wedding color.

02:55 So I'm sorry, everybody.

02:56 These are one of ones and no one else can get them.

02:58 Yeah, the next essential that you always got to get,

03:01 always got to have, where did I even?

03:05 - Who?

03:08 - Oh, it's Brittany, my wife.

03:10 So my wife, Brittany, she's the best.

03:14 She's more than my wife though.

03:15 She's my best friend.

03:16 - That's so nice of you.

03:17 - No.

03:18 And so she's definitely essential that I have every day

03:21 and supports me every day.

03:22 - I mean, personally, I don't think you could get

03:23 out the house if it wasn't for me.

03:25 - Wish I had a kids here too, 'cause the whole fam,

03:27 you know, we're always together wherever we go.

03:29 - Yeah, and I feel like once you have kids,

03:31 you're just, they're the essential to your everyday life

03:33 and without them, it's just weird.

03:35 - Very weird.

03:36 A real important essential to me is definitely my bracelets.

03:44 And I think y'all see it.

03:45 And when I play every game, every commercial that I shoot,

03:47 I always have these bracelets on.

03:49 These bracelets were given to me by kids.

03:51 There's a couple of them that aren't here anymore,

03:52 but I just want them to know that their impact

03:54 is still made in my life every single day.

03:56 It's super important to me and I want them to know

03:58 and their families to know that they're out there with me

04:00 when I'm playing every single day

04:01 or when I'm doing whatever that is

04:03 or when I'm with my family.

04:04 And it truly makes me appreciate every day

04:06 that I got on this earth.

04:07 This is my newest one, it's called Battle with Aiden.

04:09 So when I met before this last season

04:11 to motivate myself every day to be great for him

04:13 and he's not with us anymore,

04:15 but we were able to win the Super Bowl this last season.

04:17 So I'm just so thankful for these kids

04:19 and have the impact they made in my life.

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04:23 Another super important essential for me

04:27 is definitely my Whoop.

04:29 People see me with this band on.

04:30 A lot of times in games,

04:31 you see me with this little band on my arm.

04:33 It kind of pokes out,

04:33 especially when I wear the white undershirt.

04:36 That's my Whoop.

04:37 It tracks my sleep.

04:38 It tracks my physical activity throughout the day.

04:40 It tracks pretty much everything.

04:41 I look at this app every single day

04:43 and I just try to see how I can better myself.

04:46 And when you better your recovery and you're in the green,

04:50 you have better days and you get the most out of them.

04:52 And so I just want to make sure

04:53 that I track throughout the game days,

04:56 workout days, whatever it is, rest days,

04:58 and try to make sure that I can do whatever I can

05:00 to have my body in the best place possible

05:02 to not only play football,

05:03 but just overall general health.

05:05 The next essential, BioStill, hydration drink.

05:10 Someone who works out all the time like me,

05:12 you got to make sure you stay hydrated.

05:14 And they got so many great flavors, no sugar.

05:17 One of the healthiest drink that I've had

05:19 that still tastes great.

05:20 And I think even more important in keeping me hydrated

05:23 is definitely that my daughter loves BioStill.

05:26 And so we always have to have it on us

05:28 because if I don't want it,

05:30 she's going to want it at some point

05:31 and you always got to keep the daughter happy.

05:34 You know me, you know my hair,

05:37 and head and shoulders is what makes my hair what it is.

05:40 It helps keep my hair not only clean,

05:41 but this dangling little curls that I have.

05:45 And so it's something that I use every single day,

05:48 twice a day most times.

05:50 And it keeps my hair just what it is,

05:51 no other product, no other anything like that.

05:53 So if you're going for my haircut,

05:55 make sure you get a barber to do the sides

05:57 and head and shoulders on top,

05:58 and you're going to be looking just like Pat Mahomes.

06:00 The next essential, something you have every single day.

06:05 I think everybody has it, but it got to be the cell phone.

06:08 You know, on social media,

06:09 I throw a few jokes here and there.

06:11 I try to stay in tune to the fans and my friends and family

06:14 and everything like that.

06:15 Man, I see everything.

06:16 I think people notice that by how I play the game,

06:18 because I see everything and I try to use that as fuel

06:21 to go out there and be who I am.

06:22 And look at that daughter right there.

06:24 So you got to always remind what it's all about.

06:26 I appreciate y'all having me.

06:27 Hopefully you learned a little bit more about me

06:29 through my essentials.

06:30 See you on the field.

06:31 (upbeat music)

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