Kenny Smith Quotes

The NFL and NBA has done a better job than we have in showing the fun side of the sport, having people talk about it whether it's on social media, commercials or the news.

The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.

It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.

Why is the N.F.L. so popular? The N.F.L. grew in the comfort zone after World War II. People had money and time. A popular American sport got bigger.

The NBA has made it clear they want fan bases to be able to keep their teams.

It's always cool when somebody from a football team or baseball team comes to your show.

To be able to have a professional 3-on-3 league and be a part of that, that's been a ton of fun, ton of fun. The fans love it, the players love playing it, and it's just a lot of fun to be around.

I never cared for stuff like the All-Star Game.

If we have close, great racing like we have, then the ratings will take care of themselves.

The NFL is part of the pop culture landscape, so sports fans don't bat an eye when you stop in the middle of a piece to talk about a new movie.

What the people say on TV means nothing to me, and it means nothing to anybody that's actually playing football. It's for the fans to watch and enjoy.

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.

Sprinkle in a bit of pro wrestling in MMA is good. You get the fans talking. They want that drama.

Promoters believed in me and gave me a platform, and then the fans started believing in me. It went from me trying to show the fans what I was all about to growing companies around the world. I got to be the face of so many companies, like EVOLVE and Insane Championship Wrestling in Scotland.

Fantasy football is good for the fans and good for the game.

It's cool that someone would be willing to pay to wear your jersey around.

We must have options to make tennis more attractive emotions-wise.

There's been a thing with Detroit and the Bulls ever since I've been in the league.

I don't say MMA fans are racist at all. What I said is that fans are opinionated, especially because we're the only professional sport to give them that access.

I think anytime you have an event for the first time ever, like a Super Bowl or WrestleMania or UFC, as the years go by, everything becomes more polished with promotion and bigger stars.

I think fans always want something new, but they want somebody who can deliver - to go out there and really entertain them and have good matches.

Wrestling continues to evolve and change, and we plan to stay ahead of the curve, beginning with 'Slammiversary.'

I'm not someone who concerns himself with whether people pay to cheer Roman Reigns or whether people pay to boo Roman Reigns. People pay to see Roman Reigns. They pay to react to Roman Reigns.

Being from Canada, we never had, like, the basketball games live on TV.