Football Quotes by Kenny Smith

Basketball is me.

— Kenny Smith

I think it is inevitable that I'll be coaching or be a GM.

— Kenny Smith

In our league, 20 points in the first half isn't anything.

— Kenny Smith

Kobe Bryant should know how to defend a pick and roll.

— Kenny Smith

I've been winning my whole life. I've been blessed to be a winner.

— Kenny Smith

I'm not a boxer, I'm a basketball player.

— Kenny Smith

Coaching is definitely on the aspiration list.

— Kenny Smith

We win together as a team, and we lose together as a team.

— Kenny Smith

My high school coach used to tell me there's no correct way to shoot, that the only correct way was to get…

— Kenny Smith

Dunk, and people anywhere will ooh and aah. But you can wow a crowd in New York with ball handling and passing.

— Kenny Smith

The 18 years on TNT has prepared me for a lot of opportunities, and coaching is one of them.

— Kenny Smith

When you're in the slam dunk contest, you try to do the things the average person would have trouble doing on a…

— Kenny Smith

The important thing is to be around people who will make you a better player. Otherwise, you can remain average.

— Kenny Smith

I've been an NBA player, and a black man, for a long time, and I know how to take a loss.

— Kenny Smith

From the outside looking in, I would say the franchise that has had the most stories that are unrelated to basketball are…

— Kenny Smith

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

— Kenny Smith

In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we…

— Kenny Smith

The one thing in most communities, the staple is the basketball court. And when that looks good, I think the community feels…

— Kenny Smith

The expectation levels aren't as high because a team is expected to win on its home court. That takes a little of…

— Kenny Smith

You really don't believe that winning at home or winning on the road makes a difference. The Lakers have that mind-set. They…

— Kenny Smith

If LeBron James is playing in Las Vegas, the arena would be sold out, and it would be rocking. If LeBron James…

— Kenny Smith

Damian Lillard is having a better year than Chris Paul. Lillard got snubbed when he was left off of the USA Men’s…

— Kenny Smith

When the Sacramento Kings, when I was there, we win 29-30 games - that was a successful season. And it would be…

— Kenny Smith

I think we all have great opportunities individually but collectively our unit is so much bigger. Collectively our unit is something I've…

— Kenny Smith

Mark Jackson played 19, 20 years in the NBA. Shouldn't even have probably been in the league, and he's the third-ranked assist…

— Kenny Smith

Great players, they start becoming immune to what the defense does to them.

— Kenny Smith

For me to stay in basketball, it would just have to be a veteran team.

— Kenny Smith

Any guard would love playing with a great big man, one who rebounds, blocks shots, and scores.

— Kenny Smith

Guys pay extra attention to detail. They are looking at every little thing on the scouting report.

— Kenny Smith

A few years, there are teams that are just dominant over everyone. Those years are few and far.

— Kenny Smith

Image overshadows reality in our league, and there are people who get to believe they are better than they really are.

— Kenny Smith

I don't know about bullying and all of that stuff. That doesn't work in basketball.

— Kenny Smith

If you look at the NBA, it's the richest and wealthiest group of African-American men in the world.

— Kenny Smith

This league has great players, and it has great images. Sometimes those two things get confused.

— Kenny Smith

One thing about being a great ball handler is not looking at the basketball.

— Kenny Smith