Kenny Smith Quotes

I had to buy into being a better player and being able to be coached.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

I have grown a lot under Ancelotti. He got the best out of me.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving.

I'm always excited anytime I get a chance to be a better player and work with different people.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.

As a coach, you're like a teacher. You don't give the players their talent. God gives them talent, but you can give them knowledge, and you can give them information.

I think that when I start a season, I speak with my players, and I always talk about education and respect. And I demand this, but I give this.

I love watching players improve - even as a Little League coach.

I've been lucky to have great coaching, great teammates, and a desire to keep getting better. That, slowly over time, helped me grow from an average high school player to the NBA.

You're only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.

I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.

Players have to let themselves be helped.

For me to be a better player, I need to play more games, and having a gaffer I know has great trust in me gives me the confidence I need to help me improve my game.

Iron sharpens iron, and that's one man getting another guy ready to play.

I always want and expect more from players; they need challenging.

I've always believed that training with great players makes you a better player.

I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.

I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.

When you're younger, it's about, 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's, 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.

Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are.

It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.