Alex Smith Quotes

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Alex Smith

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 7, 1984

Certainly, there were tough times, but no, you can't go back and change it. So, why dwell on it?

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We can only control how we react and how we respond, and that complex but so simple idea helped me survive.

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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.

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Most of the time, you're just trying to be the point guard out there based on the play call and the defense that you're getting; that really dictates where the football goes.

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Quarterback play starts with your eyes and feet. Those have to be in the right place and have to be on time.

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Failures and setbacks are inevitable for all of us.

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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.

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No one's taking quarterbacks, for the most part, in the first round that haven't had a lot of success.

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It's football. Guys get hurt all the time.

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I know guys respect work ethic, and they respect the guys that are invested and committed.

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You have to prove yourself year in and year out, and if you can't get the job done, every team is going to go and try and find somebody else that can.

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I carried around a lot of weight and anxiety - expectations of being a top draft pick and fulfilling those. It was really burdensome and not fun. Stressful. I had to go through some things before I finally turned that around and got back to playing for the right reasons.

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You look at the best players in the league, the best players at quarterback - I mean Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, the top names - none of those guys are throwing it through a brick wall. They'll have touch.

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You can always get better throwing the football.

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Playing quarterback, you rely on everybody. Everybody impacts you.

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You get a taste of playing in the playoffs and what that's like, and it's a completely different world. You get a taste in those meaningful games. You get that taste, and you can't get it out. You want more.

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Accept what you cannot control.

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Game day can be emotional, and there are a lot of ups and downs throughout a game, but as a quarterback, you have to be able to see the bigger picture, steady that ship, get all the guys focused in on the task at hand, and keep the thing moving.

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Once you pull the trigger, you've got to throw balls aggressively and with conviction.

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I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.

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