Kenny Smith

“I'm blessed that I'm able to provide the vehicle for my daughter to follow her dreams.”

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

“You don't get the accolades unless you win. It took me a while to understand. No one will remember how Kenny Smith played in Game 1 unless we win the series. The thrill is in winning.”

“You like to be part of a championship, but you always want to be an integral part.”

“In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we have that for basketball in New York. And we'll always have that in New York.”

“The one thing about college basketball is you don't have to have the best player to win.”

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

“When you play, you get an opportunity to hone your craft.”

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

“You make decisions just crossing the street.”

“You do the job you have to do where you have to do it.”

“One thing is a pro is supposed to make certain plays, while a college player is learning to make plays.”

“From the outside looking in, I would say the franchise that has had the most stories that are unrelated to basketball are the Knicks.”

“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 guy in the NBA. But you describe his game: Can he jump? No, not really. How's his outside shot? Eh, it's inconsistent. Can he defend? Nah, he can't stay in front of guys. And he played 19 years!”

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

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

“I've played more park games than NBA games, and I had a 10-year NBA career.”

“There's no representation. That's why the NBA Players Association was formed, players' unions were formed. That's why those unions were formed - to have representation before you make rules for me that I have to abide by. How can I participate and how can it be fair if there's no representation?”

“The one thing in most communities, the staple is the basketball court. And when that looks good, I think the community feels good about itself, knowing that people care and have an opportunity to not only play there, but it's also a social meeting place.”

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