254 Quotes by Kevin Smith

He himself has brought our family closer together. There's almost 30 out here for each of his games against Michigan and Ohio State with his uncles, aunts and cousins.

We're proud of the boys and competed hard. If we play like we did in the first and fourth quarters, then we'll have a chance tonight.

I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant.

One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. It was odd because he was still sagely and wise. But he was such a role model for me.

We've gone from getting blown out to being competitive every game. We're not playing like a 5-13 team but like a 13-5 team, and that says something about the character of this team. Character will take you a long way.

He's a leader by example. He's not real verbal but he plays hard. He's always where he is supposed to be. He always does what I ask him to do. And when he does that, the other guys follow him. He knows the team is watching, so he always gives everything his best.

Failure is success training.

It's not like someday my kid's gonna be standing over my grave, and somebody's gonna hang her a folded flag and say, 'You know what? This is 'cause he did 24 hours straight on Twitter.' But it's just one of those little personal victories, like, 'I wonder if I can do this.' And I did it. A stupid goal, but I accomplished it. Life's all about...for me, at least...having very stupid achievable goals. That way, you always feel like a winner.

He was one of the top guards, not only for us but for the school district.