Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes said his Christian faith gives him peace on the football field and that his goal in life is to “glorify” God in “everything that I do.”

Following a season in which he threw for a league-leading 5,250 yards and 41 touchdowns, Patrick Mahomes was expected by many to win his second career NFL MVP award and Super Bowl MVP. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback first claimed the honor after the 2018 season, in which he threw for 5,097 yards and 50 TDs.

The five-time Pro Bowl selection guided the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl in the past four seasons and their second recent Super Bowl win while leading the NFL in passing yards per game (308), quarterback rating (77.6) and touchdown passes (41).

During a Super Bowl news conference, Mahomes said, “I feel like I’ve grown in my faith over these last few years, and I think that’s [given] me more of a sense of who I am and why I play the game that I play.” Mahomes was drafted out of Texas Tech in 2017 and rose to the top as one of the league’s most prominent quarterbacks. According to Pro Football Reference, he’s led 14 game-winning drives during his short career.

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In that same Super Bowl conference, Mahomes delved deeper into his faith and how it affects his life, saying, “My Christian faith plays a role in everything that I do. I always ask God to lead me in the right direction and let me be who I am for His Name,” Mahomes said. “So it has a role in everything that I do. And obviously, we’ll be on a huge stage in the Superbowl that He’s given me, and I want to make sure I’m glorifying Him while I do it.”

Mahomes said his faith gives him peace on the field, adding, “I know that I’m blessed to be in this position. And so to have a faith backing, I know why I’m here – and it’s not about winning football games. It is about glorifying Him. I have no pressure when I step on that football field because I know why I’m here. It just kind of relieves the pressure of playing the football game because I know that I’m on that football field to glorify Him before everything. And so it’s not about winning or losing. It’s about going out there and being the best that I can – the best that I can in His Name.”

Mahomes also revealed he has a tattoo that was inspired by the story in Act 20 of Eutychus, a young man who fell out of a window and died while listening to Paul preach. Mahomes said the story is “about being half in and half out on God.”

“You can’t be half in and half out,” Mahomes said. “And so that was the Bible verse that kind of stuck with me that kind of told me that I need to be fully in.”