Alex Smith Quotes

To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.

As a goalkeeper, I needed good players around me. I needed Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney. It's the same as a CEO.

LeBron is the best player in our league, but some people have a hard time playing with him.

I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.

As a QB, it's a team game, and you're all out there in it.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

Sometimes, I might not be able to show all of the work that I've put in because I've got a certain role. I've had openings and my teammates have done a great job of finding me and it's on me to convert them.

It's not always the best roster that wins, it's the best team, and sometimes that maybe doesn't jell all that well.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

People say I'm a natural leader, but I just go out there and do my job and do whatever it takes to win; that's what comes with being a leader, those are the sort of things I've done as I've tried to grow into a leader and I'm just going to continue to do them.

I want to make sure when my team is having difficulties, they can count on me.

As coaches say, it's about finding your role. We're coming together as a team.

The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you.

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

I realize that as the quarterback, you have to assume some sort of leadership role because you have to talk in the huddle on every play, and you're essentially giving out orders to the team. But in my mind, I have to prove myself on the field before I can start asserting a leadership role.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

I definitely see myself as a leader. One of the ways I've been lucky enough to lead and likely to continue to lead is just my actions and the way that I approach the game and working hard and being a player that steps up in big-time situations when plays need to be made.