Bubba Smith Quotes

My teammates, they kid me all the time. My nickname is the doctor or the president in the locker room.

I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.

I mean, this is basketball, you have a lot of different teammates and you move around a lot, to find true friends is something special.

I miss being in the locker room with all my buddies. That, to me, was so much fun.

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.

I belonged to another club, and liked the camaraderie.

When you - when you play golf with somebody, you spend four hours or more walking with somebody, usually, you learn something about them that you didn't know before.

You get guys around a campfire, and they start telling their stories. That's the fellowship that they want to be in.

It's always interesting to be playing against some of my best friends and some of my longtime teammates. You get to see them before the game and after the game and it's always nice to catch up but when the whistle blows it's sort of all business on the field.

What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.

It's just good to be back in the locker room.

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.

I was an athlete growing up and I miss that. I miss hanging out with dudes and making raunchy jokes and telling stories, trading details, you know? There's something I really miss about that.

I went out almost every night with the guys on the team between 1975 and 1981. We were winning in those years. It was fun.

I think players on all teams are close.

There's nothing like the camaraderie of being around the other players.

When I do retire, I will miss the trips with the team, the jokes with my teammates, the habits: having breakfast with them, playing with them, all the little things.

I feel that teams with players who are very close end up winning.

With every side I've played for, I've always tried to fit in and joke with my team mates while enjoying good times with them on and off the pitch. And that's what's happened with Les Bleus.

I believe sport brings people together and allows them to feel united for a common goal.

I just think it's great in cricket to come into a team environment. It's the first time I've ever experienced it.

Some of my closest friends in life are guys that I was able to play high school football with.

In Boston, the year we won the championship, guys were so much different in age. You don't have the same lives off the court.

Sport used to play a phenomenal part in my life, because I used to play a lot of county sport, a lot of sport for my school. I love team sports. Talk about being with the boys. I love the camaraderie. That's why I like acting.