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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
As a quarterback, especially when I come off to the sideline, I am trying to get things corrected, trying to get things… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
Most of the time, you're just trying to be the point guard out there based on the play call and the defense… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
You look at the best players in the league, the best players at quarterback - I mean Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, the… — 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, 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
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
You're the quarterback, if you lose games... it's the head coach and the quarterback. If you're not winning, it's on you. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
When you're a quarterback, and you're dropping back, I can't watch what the receivers are doing. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
This is the ultimate team sport, and I really feel that the quarterback position is the epitome of that. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
I'm going to play for me and not play for anyone else except my teammates and the guys that matter. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
In this league, you can't take your foot off the gas pedal. You think you have something won, but teams are too… — 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
You get a taste of playing in the playoffs and what that's like, and it's a completely different world. You get a… — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
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
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 Image
I know guys respect work ethic, and they respect the guys that are invested and committed. — Alex Smith Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
