A biography for Geno Smithhasn’t been written yet.
“My character and my play speaks for itself.”
“I was a guy who probably could have been out of the league.”
“Leadership, to me, it's something I've been about my whole life.”
“I was drafted in this league for a reason. I still have that same skill set.”
“I am super confident and walk through life with my head up because I know who I am.”
“No one wants to sit the bench. I don't know a player that does.”
“I believe in team.”
“When you are trying to get back into a game, you don't want to throw a check down and feel like you are giving up, so you are trying to make a big play or get things going, get some momentum.”
“What I've been searching for is consistency, and I think that consistency will lead me to be that great player that I always see myself being.”
“No quarterback is perfect on every single down.”
“When the team scores, no matter if you ran the ball 10 times on that drive, somehow they'll praise the quarterback.”
“That's the only thing you have to live up to: the standard you set for yourself.”
“I've had defensive coordinators come up to me before games and after games and say, 'When you get your shot, you are going to be ready.'”
“I have a lot of good relationships in New York.”
“I came out of high school, I wasn't the top-rated quarterback, came out of college, I wasn't drafted first.”
“There's always a lesson learned in any situation good or bad.”
“I hung out with Coach Carroll, and we connected right off the bat. One thing Coach and I have in common is how people underestimate us.”
“You tell me I made the Pro Bowl? I'm going to try to make 10 Pro Bowls. You tell me we had a 'nice' season? I'm going to follow it up with a great season. That's just always my mentality with things - I'm always trying to get better.”
“Dan Marino has always been one of my favorite quarterbacks.”
“I've always looked at myself as the underdog, and I'm always gonna play like that. It's the reason why I want to be great, it's the reason why I work so hard.”