USC quarterback Jayden Maiava On Quicker Decision Making

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00:00Something you've talked about with us, wanting to improve your decision making, what have you done to try to do that this spring?

00:05Yeah, I mean, just really diving deep and really being, I mean, me being my biggest critic, just being able to, you know,

00:12cancel the, like, the mistakes and being able to minimize those and being smarter, taking care of the ball, so, yeah.

00:18Do you ever feel like you're too hard on yourself?

00:20Absolutely, every time, but, I mean, it's who I am, I mean, it's definitely something I've taught the coach you heard about,

00:26but, you know, it's just who I am, who I was raised to be, so, yeah.

00:32Is it harder to go easier on yourself?

00:34Yeah, it is, absolutely. That's a good point.

00:37Yeah, when I do something good, it doesn't feel like it was good, you know, I just, I always just try to find the bad in everything I do good.

00:44I don't know, it's just who I am.

00:47Coach Riley mentioned that you're clearly the top quarterback right now.

00:51That's got to make you feel pretty good, right?

00:52Oh, no, absolutely, yeah, but, I mean, we come here, we compete every single day, you know, those guys, I mean,

00:58that we push each other, I mean, we just go out there and just keep grinding, you know,

01:02just attacking every day with the same mindset and executing plays and really just stacking them

01:06and getting ready for summer ball and come fall camp and so forth, yeah.