Alex Smith Quotes

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Alex Smith

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 7, 1984

I don't measure myself in my contract in terms of what I'm making.

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You play for your teammates; you play for each other.

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I enjoy the challenge of coming together with my teammates and playing well for them.

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To continue to fight, not get frustrated, to stay together and find a way - I think that's important. I think good teams do that.

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I don't really care how many yards I throw for; as long as we score more points than the guys we're playing.

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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.

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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.

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To a lot of people, I might just be the guy who went No. 1 in the draft. Or the guy who lost his job to Colin Kaepernick. Or the guy who helped turn a 2-14 Chiefs team into a back-to-back division champ... but then couldn't put them over the top.

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You're never going to make everybody happy; there are always going to be people that, yeah, aren't with you. That's the nature of sports.

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When you're a quarterback, and you're dropping back, I can't watch what the receivers are doing.

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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 all the right reasons.

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It's easy when you're always winning.

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Losing is not fun.

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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.

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I love Kansas City. I love the coaching staff, the players.

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There is a strike zone in the pocket that's very clear. Can't hit QBs low, can't hit them high.

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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.

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No quarterback goes out there and plays well on his own.

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I used to make fun when I got into the league, and I couldn't believe these old guys that didn't know artists on the radio, like in the weight room.

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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.

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