When I was young, you get into the point where you want to throw everything hard. And it looks good, it feels good... You get to the point, though, where it's not realistic. — 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