Kenny Smith Quotes

You want to play as long as you can. The old, unwritten rule: If you make it to the NBA, you play as long as you can - and you play one more year.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

I hope to play in the NBA for many seasons, establish my position, and win titles.

There's a lot of guys who are drafted and end up not playing in the NBA. They get their money for their first whatever years and end up going overseas or something like that.

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks.

Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.

Dwight Howard is a Hall of Fame player.

The last game I played in college was in the NIT against St. Mary's. That was the first time I had come to the Oakland area. So, the last game I played in college and the first game of my NBA career were out here in the Bay Area. It's pretty cool.

I am used to the hype because I played in the NBA.

LeBron is not a good defender.

After I got to the NBA, I had one goal: stay in the league for a while.

I've done did a lot of things in the NBA, made a lot of stuff, so I'm happy with what I've done.

I've always found myself watching the NBA game more, even when I was coaching college. So I'll probably gravitate toward doing something in the NBA.

Well, like every kid playing basketball, I dreamed of being an NBA player.

I was raised in the NBA. I've seen some guys stay and I've seen a lot go. I've watched James Harden be a rival of mine for Sixth Man of the Year to an MVP candidate.

I just wanted to get to the NBA. I never thought I would have a career that I've had now.

I'm blessed just making it to the NBA. That was my first goal and dream. Playing with Kobe and Shaq and for a coach like Phil Jackson, and then going to play with guys like Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse, it's just a crazy experience.

Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help.

Nobody thought that I was going to make it to the NBA. I only had a couple of believers growing up.

I wanted to play in New York when I was in my prime and I was young, fierce, lock-down [defender]. Madison Square Garden, that would have been sick. But right now, China is way more adventurous for me.

My dream is to play in the NBA.