Alex Smith Quotes (30 Quotes)

I'm just trying to play my game. I believe and I'm confident in what I can do, so I'm just trying to display that to the coaches. Sometimes you find yourself trying too hard and trying to do too much. You kind of lose sight of what you do.

Put this budget to a vote as it stands. It's the right thing to do.

It was so unusual to deal with something like that. A guy I went to college with, one of the first guys I met when I got to Utah.

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I'm sure they're going to crowd the box and not give much respect to our passing game. The first win was a much bigger deal (than the first TD pass). To get that first one is a big deal, I'm not going to lie, but I'd rather do the little things, not turn the ball over and help us win.

It's what we've been working for. We said we want to be NFC South champions. I don't know how many people outside the locker room believed that was possible.

It was definitely funny. But compared to his other seasons, it wasn't as good. I guess because with the other seasons, everything seemed so new. They really weren't as funny as his older stuff.

It feels great to get my first (touchdown pass), no matter where it was, but it was great to get it here. Obviously, a lot of credit goes to the other guys, the receivers and especially the guys up front. Things are going to come together. All we need to do is keep working hard. Being young, I'm continuing to learn and make strides every week.

At any place in the country, Reggie would get 30 touches a game and a team would be crazy not to give it to him that much. But Reggie understands the big picture. There's always some frustration, but he gets it that having other people around him makes it easier.

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We all kind of have a chip on our shoulder. Let us be the youngest quarterbacks in the NFL, you know Let people talk about us. We're going to get it done and we'll take pride in that.

I think so. In my world anyway.

We said at the beginning of the season we wanted to be NFC South champions, and I don't know how many people outside the locker room really believed that. But once we stepped on that field the first day in training camp, nobody here doubted what we could do.

He does good and disappears.

All of our players are returning next year. So look for us to make a serious bid for the national championship.

Game day - dream come true.

When I was about 18 I started writing songs seriously. Bands I was in didn't tend to, on the whole, share my vision. And then I found Chuck Cole and it started coming together.

He always pushed the bar higher, and I think his best days are probably still in front of him. He's as good as any tight end in the country in my opinion.

This club has come a long way in the past ten years and this could be the platform to take it further forward.

I was trying to get it fixed, make something happen, move the ball a little bit, get in a rhythm, and we finally did that.

It's just different. I had a target on me in college, but it's not like the target you have when an NFL quarterback rolls out of the pocket. Everyone's eyes light up, and everybody just turns and reacts to you. It wasn't like that at other levels.

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We're so close, and sometimes the scores may not reflect that, but we're so close to being competitive in this league. There's a lot of things we're doing better now that we weren't doing at all earlier in the year. Coach always says it's a marathon, not a sprint, but that's the truth.

I grew a lot. The reason I'm here is because of my record as a quarterback, especially at a school like Utah. It's pretty clear that if he hadn't come, we might not have won all those games. I might have still been a good quarterback, but we might not have gone undefeated last year and been so successful the year before.

It's going to be a great learning experience, no matter what the circumstances are. This is the dream of almost every kid.

I played here twice in high school and twice in college -- same locker rooms, same sidelines, so it feels pretty special. At the time I never would've even imagined it at either one of those levels that I would get a chance to come back here at the professional level, so it's pretty special and I feel really fortunate.

I was just trying to make plays, make something happen. We were trying to move the ball a little bit, get in a rhythm. We finally did that. We came together.

I knew they were good shooters, and that if we didn't get out on them, they were going to knock shots down.

I think they were reading a rookie quarterback's eyes, and a few times I gave myself away. I've got to learn when to force some things, and when to throw things away. I talked to Peyton (afterward), and he says it's going to get better.

It feels great to get my first one, no matter where it was, but it was great to get it here.