Kenny Smith
Born on March 8, 1965, in Queens, New York, Kenny Smith is an American former basketball player and sports commentator.
Smith attended Archbishop Molloy High School and later pursued his education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During his professional playing career, he received the NBA All-Rookie Team award, a recognition presented to outstanding players in their first season. He subsequently moved into broadcasting, working as a sports commentator.
Smith's career encompasses both professional basketball and sports commentary, with his path running from his Queens upbringing through his schooling at Archbishop Molloy High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to his recognition as an NBA All-Rookie Team honoree and his later work as a commentator.
Quotes by Kenny Smith
Kenny Smith's insights on:
You really don't believe that winning at home or winning on the road makes a difference. The Lakers have that mind-set. They don't look at it as 'We're at home, we're on the road.'
A few years, there are teams that are just dominant over everyone. Those years are few and far.
The one thing about college basketball is you don't have to have the best player to win.
There are a lot more famous fathers out there than me with daughters who wouldn't mind singing careers... but the talent and the work ethic have to be on point. Kayla's blessed to have all that.
I'm blessed that I'm able to provide the vehicle for my daughter to follow her dreams.
When someone is in 'the struggle,' which many of our black communities are in, they are living with a lack of educational facilities, high unemployment, and poor recreational facilities.
Games like 'Call of Duty' and 'NBA Baller Beats' have so much to them. I was more of the 'Pac-Man' generation where we were excited to play table tennis on the TV.
You can dribble on carpet. I grew up in Queens, and we had carpet in our living room. And actually, even in some of these gymnasiums where we're playing the game, we're on carpet. If you're 12 or 13 years old, you've dribbled on the carpet in your mom's house.