Alex Smith

I fast all the time - daily. It's such a counterintuitive thing because, my whole life, I've been training to get bigger. ”

No one's taking quarterbacks, for the most part, in the first round that haven't had a lot of success. ”

No quarterback goes out there and plays well on his own. ”

When the guys are playing well around you, you look good. ”

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

Once you pull the trigger, you've got to throw balls aggressively and with conviction. ”

It wasn't until I stopped worrying about my own validation and finally refocused my energy on things I could actually change that I finally grew as a person and as a professional. ”

Certainly, there were tough times, but no, you can't go back and change it. So, why dwell on it? ”

You're never going to make everybody happy; there are always going to be people that, yeah, aren't with you. That's the nature of sports. ”

As a quarterback, you've got a huge responsibility: You're touching the ball every single play. You have such a big impact on deciding the game, just in your decision-making and how you are with the football and your fundamentals. ”