At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
As flashy as draft picks are, the reality of them helping out in Year One anyway is not necessarily the case. That's… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
I carried around a lot of weight and anxiety - expectations of being a top draft pick and fulfilling those. It was… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
To a lot of people, I might just be the guy who went No. 1 in the draft. Or the guy who… — 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
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
