Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith and coach Andy Reid spoke on Tuesday (12 January) ahead of their playoff match up against the New England Patriots this weekend.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Alex Smith, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback:

"Yeah we're still here. This is what you talked about all last week is let's not make this the last week. We want to be here getting ready for the next challenge. The mentality doesn't change. There's no tomorrow. It's win or go home and that's what you want. That's why you play the game."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Alex Smith, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback:

"So yeah, he (New England quarterback Tom Brady) is who everyone is chasing. To be doing it as long as he has is remarkable. It's tough to put into words."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Andy Reid, Kansas City Chiefs coach:

"Look forward to the challenge of playing new England. We know that they are the World Champions and we're going prepare ourselves to get ready to play a great football team. And that starts today. And our guys will have a great week at practice."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Andy Reid, Kansas City Chiefs coach:

"Yeah we'll just see how it goes and how he's (Jeremy Maclin) feeling and work it from there. I mean he wants to play. That's not the situation. We'll just see how the third down situations go and if we decide to play him on first and second downs we'll see how that goes. It depends on how his knee is rolling."