Alex Smith

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

For me, it's about winning games. I'm trying to score more points than the other team. I don't really care how we do it. ”

Winning is all that does matter. ”

The No. 1 stat is wins. As a quarterback, you get evaluated on winning. ”

I can just remember games as a young player, counting my stats on the sideline. 'What am I now? I'm this many completions for this many attempts. I wonder what my rating is.' ”

I enjoy the challenge of coming together with my teammates and playing well for them. ”

To a lot of people, I might just be the guy who went No. 1 in the draft. Or the guy who lost his job to Colin Kaepernick. Or the guy who helped turn a 2-14 Chiefs team into a back-to-back division champ... but then couldn't put them over the top. ”

When you're a quarterback, and you're dropping back, I can't watch what the receivers are doing. ”

It's one thing as a quarterback to sit there and warm up. And there's one thing to throw routes. And there's another thing when you drop back in the pocket and, when a guy comes open, to really be able to urgently - bam - all of a sudden. That guy's open; your body has to do what your mind's telling you. ”

It's fun to come in when it's first down. It's not fun to come back in when it's third-and-long. ”