64 Quotes by Kirby Smart

I've been very fortunate to be with Coach Saban this long, learned a lot of football from him. It's been kind of the key to my personal success out of the places that I've coached.

I don't think I've worked a day in my life.

I think, as a coach, you have to be willing to do what's best for the player. And you say what's best for the player: is it better to give him a game suspension, three-game suspension, no suspension. I think each case may be different in that.

The only thing that matters with my kids are them graduating and playing well, and I try to do my dangedest to get them to play well.

My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.

I've got recruits that will text and call and do everything in the middle of the night. And I'm thinking, 'I'm with my family.' But you've got to dedicate time to that, or you can't do it.

My family's so happy in Tuscaloosa. My wife loves it.

I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.'

I think the growth you get from working at a place like Alabama and with a program under Nick Saban, it helps me immensely.