Joe Burrow explains why he doesn't allow his parents inside his house on gameday

Joe Burrow has firmly etched his name as one of the best quarterbacks of his generation. However, his competitive mindset and drive to win makes him avoid his parents before a game.

The Cincinnati Bengals man appeared on the ‘Pivot Podcast’ on Tuesday, and the hosts wanted to know more about his gameday plans regarding his parents. While Burrow admitted being close to his parents, he revealed that he doesn’t want them in his house.

“Once Saturday hits, that's a different Joe," said Burrow. “Now, I love my parents and want to be present with them, but when it's time to get ready for a game, I might not be the most pleasant person to be around. I don't have a lot of myself to give to anybody else, and so I want to go through my process.

“I want to go through my thoughts. I want to be alone with my thoughts and thinking about what I need to think about to go out and succeed on Sundays.” (21:16 – 21:43)

The 27-year-old further highlighted that since his dad and mom have a sports background, they understood him. Accounting for the immense success that Joe Burrow has achieved with this method, his parents don't mind it.

Joe Burrow changed his approach to training

On the podcast, Burrow opened up on his struggle of rehabbing from his latest wrist injury. However, this made the 2019 Heisman Trophy winner switch up his training style as well. After years of going as hard as possible, this offseason he slowed down.

“At some point there's some diminishing returns on the back end of that," said Burrow on his hard training method. “And so that's kind of what I realized this offseason, was, if my body is telling me, ‘Hey, you need a day.'”

Joe Burrow said he started taking days and weekends off this offseason whenever he feels his body is not in the best shape. This has also led to him feeling far more relaxed during his playing days.