Alex Smith Quotes

I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.

I had little or no expectations coming in. I was thrilled when I was drafted in the first round because that meant I was going to be given a full year's chance to make the team.

I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much.

I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team.

During my draft process, I had Seattle come and work me out. This is one of the places where I thought I might be drafted. I'm glad it worked out I'm here.

When I came out in the draft, people kept asking me, 'So are you a small forward or a power forward?' and I was like, 'I'm a basketball player.' Period.

The night I got drafted to the A's, obviously it was a great day of my life, but I've been a football player my whole life.

I was pretty realistic about my chances of being drafted.

I wanted to be the Number 1 overall pick.

It's a great opportunity to get picked top 10 in the draft. It's just a dream that I've always had.

I didn't even care where I was drafted.

If Cleveland takes me No. 1, it would be a great opportunity, first of all, and that goes for anyone taking me in any position.

It really doesn't matter whether you get picked first, second or in the sixth or seventh round. It's an amazing opportunity to play at this level.

I would like to get drafted at all and I will be happy to play for whoever drafts me.

By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me.

It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play.

I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

I want to be remembered one day as a great player, good athlete and a good professional.

There's not a lot I haven't done, from being the No. 1 option to the No. 12 option.

I definitely would embrace that opportunity to be the No. 1 overall pick, obviously that every quarterback would love to be that. It's no different for me.

When I graduated from Utah, I was headed into the biggest job interview of my life, the NFL Draft.

On draft day, I wasn't really nervous at all. Then you turn on the draft, the first five picks go by, and then you still thinking, 'Oh man, I don't know where I'm going to go.' It's really just, by the time draft hits, that's when you get nervous.

The only thing you are really here to do is play football. So when you get a chance to go to the draft, and that part is over with, and you get signed on to a team, and you're ready to go, now it's back to everything you've been doing to get to this point, and that's play football.

I told myself coming into the league that if I could play for six or seven years, that would have been a great career.