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He Wasn’t Perfect, But Mitchell Trubisky Gets a Needed Confidence Boost

CHICAGO — Keith Heckendorf used to share an old nugget of wisdom with Mitchell Trubisky regularly when he was Trubisky’s QBs coach at North Carolina—and he texted it to the Bears’ quarterback last week:

Those who think they can, and those who think they can’t, are both usually right.

Trubisky’s high school coach Steve Trivisonno also sent his former quarterback a message: Go out and be you.

Larry Fedora, Trubisky’s head coach at North Carolina, texted him a similar affirmation: You know that you are prepared and you know that you are trained for this situation.