Alex Smith Quotes

United States, American Football Player
May 7, 1984

Alexander Douglas Smith is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah Utes, where he was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year in 2004 and led Utah to a victory at the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, finishing in the national top-five.

Failures and setbacks are inevitable for all of us.

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As a quarterback, I always feel like it's my job to be that steady, calm presence in there.

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- Job
- Calm
- Quarterback

It's far different aging as a quarterback than aging as a tight end.

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- End
- Aging
- Quarterback
Embrace the new, no matter how uncomfortable, and make it work for you.

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- Work
- New
- Embrace
To continue to fight, not get frustrated, to stay together and find a way - I think that's important. I think good teams do that.

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- Important
- Together
- Fight
In this league, you can't take your foot off the gas pedal. You think you have something won, but teams are too good, too talented.

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- Teams
- Won
- Talented
That's the great thing about the NFL: A team can get hot and win a championship.

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- Team
- Win
- Championship
As flashy as draft picks are, the reality of them helping out in Year One anyway is not necessarily the case. That's not the reality.

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- Reality
- Helping
- Draft

If you don't go out there and play winning football, they're going to try and find somebody who can.

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- Football
- Winning
- Find
Winning is all that does matter.

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- Winning
- Matter