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title: "5 Draft Quotes By Alex Smith"
description: "5 Draft quotes by Alex Smith. Plus more from Alex Smith and more Draft sayings from other authors."
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> [At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/at-the-combine-and-at-my-workouts-i-tried-to-be-the-perfect-player-i/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/alex-smith-5123_anxiety_at-the-combine-and-at-my-workouts-i-trie_25092.png)

> [As flashy as draft picks are, the reality of them helping out in Year One anyway is not necessarily the case. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/as-flashy-as-draft-picks-are-the-reality-of-them-helping-out-in-year/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/alex-smith-5123_case_as-flashy-as-draft-picks-are-the-reality_1048314.png)

> [I carried around a lot of weight and anxiety - expectations of being a top draft pick and fulfilling those. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/i-carried-around-a-lot-of-weight-and-anxiety-expectations-of-being-a/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/alex-smith-5123_draft_i-carried-around-a-lot-of-weight-and-anx_1633775.png)

> [To a lot of people, I might just be the guy who went No. 1 in the draft. Or the guy who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/to-a-lot-of-people-i-might-just-be-the-guy-who-went-no-1-in-the-draft/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/alex-smith-5123_chiefs_to-a-lot-of-people-i-might-just-be-the-g_2152104.jpg)

> [When I graduated from Utah, I was headed into the biggest job interview of my life, the NFL Draft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/when-i-graduated-from-utah-i-was-headed-into-the-biggest-job/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

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## Other authors on Draft

## More by Alex Smith

> [Once you pull the trigger, you've got to throw balls aggressively and with conviction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/once-you-pull-the-trigger-you-ve-got-to-throw-balls-aggressively-and/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [I know guys respect work ethic, and they respect the guys that are invested and committed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/i-know-guys-respect-work-ethic-and-they-respect-the-guys-that-are/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [At the combine and at my workouts, I tried to be the perfect player. I tried to promote my strengths and conceal my weaknesses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/at-the-combine-and-at-my-workouts-i-tried-to-be-the-perfect-player-i/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [Game day can be emotional, and there are a lot of ups and downs throughout a game, but as a quarterback, you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/game-day-can-be-emotional-and-there-are-a-lot-of-ups-and-downs/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/when-i-watch-good-friends-play-it-s-almost-worse-when-you-re-watching/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [If you don't go out there and play winning football, they're going to try and find somebody who can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/if-you-don-t-go-out-there-and-play-winning-football-they-re-going-to/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [Quarterback play starts with your eyes and feet. Those have to be in the right place and have to be on time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/quarterback-play-starts-with-your-eyes-and-feet-those-have-to-be-in/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [I don't feel like I have to prove myself to anybody any longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/i-don-t-feel-like-i-have-to-prove-myself-to-anybody-any-longer/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/i-think-the-quarterback-position-moreso-than-in-all-of-sports-no/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/i-ve-been-to-so-many-deals-with-so-many-of-my-peers-i-hate-to-say-it/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/in-this-league-you-can-t-take-your-foot-off-the-gas-pedal-you-think/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [In the pocket, you do have some protections, but you get out of the pocket, and defenders' eyes get big. Sometimes you learn that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/in-the-pocket-you-do-have-some-protections-but-you-get-out-of-the/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [I fast all the time - daily. It's such a counterintuitive thing because, my whole life, I've been training to get bigger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/i-fast-all-the-time-daily-it-s-such-a-counterintuitive-thing-because/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [There are a lot of peripheral things that you have to deal with in this league, and I dealt with a lot of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/there-are-a-lot-of-peripheral-things-that-you-have-to-deal-with-in/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/it-s-fun-to-come-in-when-it-s-first-down-it-s-not-fun-to-come-back-in/)

[Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/)

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