Alex Smith Quotes

The players have got to make the plays.

It's my job, first and foremost, to take care of the football. Guys work their tails off. That's Football 101. From the time you play youth ball to high school, college, pro, every level, that's the starting point for every quarterback. You have to take care of the ball.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

Everything is up to the players and not the tactics. They're just small details that can show you the way to play.

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

I definitely feel like I'm a really good playmaker, a really smart point guard that can lead his team and win.

Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.

My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so.

When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.

I'm kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

All of the usual formations have advantages and disadvantages, but none would work without the magic of the players.

I started off playing rugby league as well as union. I switched between fly-half and wing, but I preferred to play fly-half. I liked to be at the heart of everything. I liked to be involved.

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

I have to make sure that we're in the right plays and I can get the ball out quickly and get into our playmakers' hands.

I was always taught that a catcher has to be the brains of the team.

I love everything about being a quarterback. The ball is in your hand at every play. You can have a huge impact on the game. It is a challenge.

You have guys that are all over the field that are making a lot of plays, you'll win a lot of games in the NFL.

Each game, each series, there's so many different things that are going on and you have to find different ways to impact winning.

Over time, I learned that how a quarterback moves the chains and leads his team to touchdowns is about as important as whether he actually does it or not.

I've been on some really good teams, but we weren't able to get over the hump. It's offense, defense and special teams, and then the ball has to go your way.

You still have to be able to throw the ball and play good defense to win a championship.

In order to win in this league, you have to have a quarterback who can make all the throws, who makes great decisions, somebody who can get you out of bad situations, that just gives you a chance.

Systems, coaches, and directors or club presidents do not win games - players do, they are the only people who can make a significant difference once that game starts.