The No. 1 stat is wins. As a quarterback, you get evaluated on winning. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you've only got a few snaps, guys try to do too much and try to make too much happen. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
To continue to fight, not get frustrated, to stay together and find a way - I think that's important. I think good… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
There is a strike zone in the pocket that's very clear. Can't hit QBs low, can't hit them high. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game. I think that's a totally overblown stat. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about the NFL: A team can get hot and win a championship. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
It's fun to come in when it's first down. It's not fun to come back in when it's third-and-long. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
I think you have to enjoy the wins. If you're not enjoying the process, there's a problem. You're not doing it for… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
More often than not as a quarterback, your performance is a reflection of the guys around you. I've been fortunate to be… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
You have to prove yourself year in and year out, and if you can't get the job done, every team is going… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
When I got drafted, I was a spread-option quarterback. It was, 'OK, you've got to get under center, throw to the fullback,… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
As a quarterback, you've got a huge responsibility: You're touching the ball every single play. You have such a big impact on… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
As a quarterback, when you do have a three-and-out or things do not go right, you are the first one to know.… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
It is healthy to have competition and intense competition, and then, when you walk away from it, you are still teammates, and… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
I think that's the great thing about the NFL. You're out there, and there are very few perennials. It's a battle every… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
Game day can be emotional, and there are a lot of ups and downs throughout a game, but as a quarterback, you… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
It's one thing as a quarterback to sit there and warm up. And there's one thing to throw routes. And there's another… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
I was on some bad teams, and I played bad as a young player, certainly, at times. And that all mounts. Yeah,… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
When I graduated from Utah, I was headed into the biggest job interview of my life, the NFL Draft. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
No one's taking quarterbacks, for the most part, in the first round that haven't had a lot of success. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
As a quarterback, I always feel like it's my job to be that steady, calm presence in there. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
I enjoy the challenge of coming together with my teammates and playing well for them. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
Quarterback play starts with your eyes and feet. Those have to be in the right place and have to be on time. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
If you don't go out there and play winning football, they're going to try and find somebody who can. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
For anyone that's reached the NFL, especially top picks, you just come from success. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
Once you pull the trigger, you've got to throw balls aggressively and with conviction. — Alex Smith Copy Share
I know guys respect work ethic, and they respect the guys that are invested and committed. — Alex Smith Copy Share
At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses,… — Alex Smith Copy Share
Game day can be emotional, and there are a lot of ups and downs throughout a game, but as a quarterback, you have to… — Alex Smith Copy Share
When I watch good friends play, it's almost worse when you're watching, because you have zero impact: you have zero hand in what's going… — Alex Smith Copy Share
If you don't go out there and play winning football, they're going to try and find somebody who can. — Alex Smith Copy Share
Quarterback play starts with your eyes and feet. Those have to be in the right place and have to be on time. — Alex Smith Copy Share
I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do… — Alex Smith Copy Share
I've been to so many deals with so many of my peers. I hate to say it, but you go, and it's some tournament… — Alex Smith Copy Share
In this league, you can't take your foot off the gas pedal. You think you have something won, but teams are too good, too… — Alex Smith Copy Share
In the pocket, you do have some protections, but you get out of the pocket, and defenders' eyes get big. Sometimes you learn that… — Alex Smith Copy Share
I fast all the time - daily. It's such a counterintuitive thing because, my whole life, I've been training to get bigger. — Alex Smith Copy Share
There are a lot of peripheral things that you have to deal with in this league, and I dealt with a lot of them… — Alex Smith Copy Share
It's fun to come in when it's first down. It's not fun to come back in when it's third-and-long. — Alex Smith Copy Share
