138 Quotes by Alex Smith

We're so close, and sometimes the scores may not reflect that, but we're so close to being competitive in this league. There's a lot of things we're doing better now that we weren't doing at all earlier in the year. Coach always says it's a marathon, not a sprint, but that's the truth.

We're still close, ... I know the scores sometimes don't show that, but I think we're close to becoming a competitive team in the league.

I grew a lot. The reason I'm here is because of my record as a quarterback, especially at a school like Utah. It's pretty clear that if he hadn't come, we might not have won all those games. I might have still been a good quarterback, but we might not have gone undefeated last year and been so successful the year before.

I can't say enough for things (Tim) has done and the kind of person he has been, because it would have been very easy for him to have a lot of harsh feelings for me and he hasn't. He has helped me tremendously and this will give me a chance to learn more from him.

He has the most remarkable business story that is a model for all of us, whether we're in business or not.

I think they were reading a rookie quarterback's eyes, and a few times I gave myself away. I've got to learn when to force some things, and when to throw things away. I talked to Peyton (afterward), and he says it's going to get better.

I was just trying to make plays, make something happen. We were trying to move the ball a little bit, get in a rhythm. We finally did that. We came together.

Our school system needs a fully funded gifted program.

I was trying to get it fixed, make something happen, move the ball a little bit, get in a rhythm, and we finally did that.