Kenny Smith Quotes

Pep has the magic touch. He breathes football.

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

I want to be the guy that leads the team to victories.

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that went into it.

Arsenal is a team that needs good footballers and leaders on the field.

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

Phil Jackson is a role model, and basically a coaching idol of mine. He's someone I really tried to model some of my coaching philosophies after.

I don't think I'm any different than most coaches, honestly. Maybe Steve Kerr. The guy never loses.

I always try to field the best team.

I think Tom Coughlin is an amazing motivator. When you look at his personality, you say, 'Oh, I don't know about that.' But there's some ability he has to laser-focus a football team when it's most important. He seems to be a real valuable asset, kind of Knute Rocke almost.

Zidane is a leader in the dressing room. His personality is going to make him very successful.

Parcells is one of the all-time great commanders and motivators.

To become a good coach, you need to win a lot.

We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing is can you get your message across to players? Do they believe in you, and do they want to compete for you?

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

The players on the team are the reason why we win. You don't have to treat them all identically; they're not going to be all the same. Your ability to lead and motivate those guys differently is important.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

Tom Coughlin is great with the players and he is what you see with the media. He's a good guy and he's a fun guy, but at the same time he's a serious guy when it comes to winning and it comes to football.