Listen very closely:
I fucking love Alex Smith.
Thats it. Thats all.
Alex Smith says it was humiliating to only take the field in Super Bowl XLVII for the coin toss as a 49ers captain after losing his job to Colin Kaepernick
“It was hard, given everything that I felt happened to me individually. Being benched, going quote unquote with the hotter hand, and going to the Super Bowl”
“The only time I stepped foot on the Super Bowl field was for the coin toss because I was still team captain. And how humiliating that was. And to watch the Super Bowl pass you by from the sidelines”
“I felt like the guy that had been at a slot machine putting in coins and got up for a second, the next guy sat down and hit the fucking jackpot. It was so frustrating, but at the same time, we all signed up to play a team sport. We didn't sign up to play tennis”
“Here we are… we're at the summit of Everest. At the Super Bowl, all these guys have been through so much as well. And could I be happy and could I be a good backup? Could I be ready if needed? Certainly kind of a defining moment for me”