Alex Smith Quotes

Being a quarterback, the way I believe is there's always so much room to improve. Any little detail. I always cut up the film and try to watch what I can improve on, whatever little detail it is.

You can learn being off the pitch. If you are sitting in the stands, you can see how the whole team plays.

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

Failure to recognize the obvious is not a good characteristic of a leader.

I must demonstrate I'm closer to people - a simpler, calmer presence, yet someone who can also make decisions and obtain promised results.

That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.

I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.

I know I've got a lot of flaws as a quarterback.

Once you make a mistake, it's kind of in your head what you need to do and what exactly is going on.

I think everybody individually does things a little differently. As a quarterback, every quarterback has their strengths and their weaknesses.

If you are a real leader, every single thing is your fault.

Every executive should be able to say four things: 'I don't know,' 'I need help,' 'I was wrong,' and 'Thank you.'

There's going to be situations that you get into that you're going to need help, for sure. But for the most part, I think coaching is just understanding who you have and your team, understanding yourself, and understanding the situation.

Every player usually watches their clips back of how they play: mistakes, duels, things that are specific for your game. I wanted to be proud of that and I wanted to see it in person, I suppose, because in the past I have had a lot of criticism for things that I have done.

That's why football is so nice - it gives us the opportunity to react quickly and learn a lot from a situation, what were our mistakes, and where things went wrong.

Of course there is a lot of things you can work on and change and all that, but first I think you should look at yourself before you actually start trying to find excuse in the other people, whether it's going to be coach, physio, family, or whoever else is on your side.

If I ever thought I wasn't the right guy for the job, I'd be the first person to fire myself.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.

Sometimes, I think my most important job as a CEO is to listen for bad news. If you don't act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end.

Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.