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Alex Smith Quotes
Alex Smith
American
Athlete
Born:
May 7
,
1984
Good
Guys
Quarterback
Think
Time
You
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Obviously, flagrant things have to be called. There are rules. You have got to play to the rules, no question.
Alex Smith
You
Rules
No Question
Obviously
Got
Question
Flagrant
Play
Things
When I graduated from Utah, I was headed into the biggest job interview of my life, the NFL Draft.
Alex Smith
Life
Job
My Life
Interview
Headed
Graduated
Biggest
Utah
Draft
Failures and setbacks are inevitable for all of us.
Alex Smith
Inevitable
Failures
Us
Setbacks
It wasn't until I stopped worrying about my own validation and finally refocused my energy on things I could actually change that I finally grew as a person and as a professional.
Alex Smith
Change
Own
Energy
Validation
Finally
Worrying
About
My Own
Could
Until
Person
Stopped
Grew
Professional
Actually
Things
The No. 1 stat is wins. As a quarterback, you get evaluated on winning.
Alex Smith
You
Winning
Wins
Quarterback
Get
That's the great thing about the NFL: A team can get hot and win a championship.
Alex Smith
Great
Win
About
Hot
Great Thing
Get
Team
Thing
Championship
As flashy as draft picks are, the reality of them helping out in Year One anyway is not necessarily the case. That's not the reality.
Alex Smith
Reality
Year
Out
Case
Picks
Flashy
Anyway
Them
Helping
Necessarily
Draft
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 single year. You can go first to worst, worst to first.
Alex Smith
Great
You
Battle
First
Single
Year
Few
Every
Think
Worst
Out
About
Great Thing
Go
Very
Thing
Winning is all that does matter.
Alex Smith
Matter
Winning
Does
This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game. I think that's a totally overblown stat.
Alex Smith
Truth
Game
Care
Think
Honest Truth
Per
Totally
Could
Absolutely
Yards
Less
Honest
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 talented.
Alex Smith
Good
You
Think
Too
Something
Take
Foot
League
Talented
Off
Won
Your
Teams
Gas
Pedal
I love Kansas City. I love the coaching staff, the players.
Alex Smith
Love
City
Staff
Kansas
Kansas City
Coaching
Coaching Staff
Players
It's football. Guys get hurt all the time.
Alex Smith
Time
Hurt
Guys
Football
Get
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
First
Down
Back
Come
Fun
As a quarterback, you certainly don't want to hamstring your team in any way because - I know this more than anyone - you rely so heavily on those playmakers around you.
Alex Smith
You
Way
Those
More
Rely
Know
Because
Around
Quarterback
Than
Any
Want
Anyone
Your
Certainly
Team
I don't measure myself in my contract in terms of what I'm making.
Alex Smith
Myself
Terms
Making
Contract
Measure
If you don't go out there and play winning football, they're going to try and find somebody who can.
Alex Smith
You
Try
Somebody
Out
Find
Winning
Football
Go
Going
Who
Play
When you take shots downfield, you want to be good at them.
Alex Smith
Good
You
Take
Want
Them
Shots
As a quarterback, when you do have a three-and-out or things do not go right, you are the first one to know. You know more than anyone out there what went wrong and what needs to be corrected and don't necessarily always need to hear it when you come off to the sideline.
Alex Smith
Needs
You
First
Sideline
Corrected
Out
More
Wrong
Come
Know
First One
Always
Quarterback
Go
Hear
Off
Than
Anyone
Right
Things
Necessarily
Need
Instincts and fundamentals take over sometimes.
Alex Smith
Sometimes
Take
Instincts
Over
Fundamentals
When the guys are playing well around you, you look good.
Alex Smith
Good
You
Guys
Look
Well
Around
Playing
No quarterback goes out there and plays well on his own.
Alex Smith
Own
Out
Well
Quarterback
His
Goes
Plays
If you're going somewhere, you want to go somewhere where you have a chance to have success.
Alex Smith
Success
You
Somewhere
Go
Going
Where
Want
Chance
In the pocket, you do have some protections, but you get out of the pocket, and defenders' eyes get big. Sometimes you learn that the hard way.
Alex Smith
You
Eyes
Sometimes
Big
Way
Out
Some
Pocket
Learn
Get
Hard
Hard Way
Defenders
There is a strike zone in the pocket that's very clear. Can't hit QBs low, can't hit them high.
Alex Smith
Strike
High
Pocket
Clear
Very
Hit
Low
Them
Zone
I don't know if there were many pros for me playing early. I feel like I dug myself a pretty deep hole that rookie year.
Alex Smith
Myself
Me
Year
Pretty
Pros
Feel
Like
Know
Dug
Were
Hole
Rookie
Deep
Many
Early
Playing
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