Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 December 1925
CountryUnited States of America
I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.
good passion tried year
When you have passion on the court, good things are going to happen. We have tried to play this year without passion and we just can't do it.
games later problem win
We'll win games so we won't have the problem later this year. It's understandable.
boost catalyst fred gain offense
We all know Fred is the catalyst of this offense and to see him get that gain up the middle, it's a big boost for the whole team.
pay
There is nothing Kirby would not do for you. You were never able to pay him back.
knew matured poised team whatever
We knew it wasn't going to be easy. But we've become a second-half team this year. I don't necessarily like it that way -- we don't like to have to come back. But we have matured enough to be poised and do whatever we have to do to come away with a win.
handled himself passes people remember tend time
When someone passes away like that, you tend to remember that person like a saint. He wasn't a saint. But he handled himself all the time like people around him were important to him all the time.
basketball best effort quarter
That's the best quarter (of basketball) I've ever coached. It wasn't just the points, but the way we got them. The effort on defense.
flew reached upset wins
It was like this in 1996 (when the wild-card Jags reached the AFC Championship after two upset wins on the road). We just kind of flew under the radar, and we didn't get a lot of respect. We like it like that.
basketball jeopardize love mad player playing risking worth
It wasn't worth risking his future. He was mad with me because he wanted to play. But I'm not going to jeopardize a young man's future. He's a baseball/football player playing basketball and I love him for it.
biggest excitement
The atmosphere's not there. Our team's excitement wasn't there. But the biggest thing is we got a victory.
defensive good heart minutes offensive plays ran rest six south team tonight
We ran the same offensive and defensive plays in the first six minutes as the rest of the game. We just started to play South Lenoir basketball. Tonight was just a good team effort. We showed a lot of heart tonight.
means regime settled
We're more settled. A new regime means changes, and things have settled down.
excited few glad happy life losing miserable winning
We're just so excited because we've been through a few losing seasons, where it's been just miserable around here, and now we're winning and glad we're in the playoffs. We're just happy about life right now and everything's great.