Kenny Smith Quotes

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.

I think I bring a good perspective because I did a lot of things in the NFL - player, head coach, assistant and scout.

I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.

I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal.

I majored in business/marketing because I was going to be a teacher and a high school basketball coach.

I was hired to be the head football coach, not the general manager.

When I was coaching, I was out there, and you're doing press conferences, and the fans see a lot more of the head coach than they do either the general manager or the president.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

I want to be a general manager, and I want to be a head coach. Definitely both.

When I was a player, I was always interested in management.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

It hasn't yet materialized that I went into sports management, but I haven't ruled it out yet, either. I only half-jokingly remarked that I'd love to be the commissioner of the NFL. But as I recently told current Commissioner Roger Goodell, that job looked a lot more appealing when I was struggling with the Russians and the Iranians everyday.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

We draft mostly high school kids and we have one of the finest, if not the finest, player development programs and coaching staffs and we teach our players the right way to play. We also have a game plan in scouting, and there are certain types of players that we look for.

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.

I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball.

I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five men he's been given.

Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management.

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

I'm so grateful to Ferguson. I think he's the best there's ever been, especially his squad management skills.

Every week, as a staff, you put a plan together and put your players in position to make plays.

A head coach has to be able to oversee all facets of the team and of the game.

I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn't seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.

It's college basketball and there's a certain amount of uncertainty. As an assistant coach, you do the best job you can to win.