Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 December 1925
CountryUnited States of America
basketball believe bit five good harder playing quite start tournament win won
We've won five in a row, but if we start playing a little bit harder and a little bit smarter, we can be a good basketball team. We're not playing quite up to what I believe our capabilities are, but we're in a tournament and you got to win to advance. The big thing is that we got the win tonight.
against anyone basketball fool good ran tonight
We are a good basketball team. Don't let anyone fool you, we can be as good as we want to be. Tonight we ran up against another good basketball team.
beat flying last mention position says talked teams tv
We're in a position where we're flying under the radar. We're not being talked about on TV shows. When they mention teams in the playoffs, it's like the Jaguars are the last one. That's fine. I like it that way. When we beat New England, that says it all.
dedicated dedication program roads safer
We are dedicated to making our roads safer for everyone, that's why we've had this program for 19 years now.
bar call community early eve lives measure people program saved service valuable
We won't take people from bar to bar, but if they give us a call we will take them home. There's no way to measure how many lives this program may have saved during the years it has been in operation, but we feel that this has been a very valuable community service for everyone on the roadways during New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day.
open rookies season wish
A lot of rookies wish they could open up the season like he did.
pulled stops took weeks
And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find.
ask backup best both guy identity issue remains strong
Our identity still remains the same; we've just got another guy at the helm. He's the quarterback. He has a strong arm. Our backup is a quarterback, too. He's mobile. We've got the best of both worlds, if you ask me. Quarterback isn't the issue for us right now.
handful hear jimmy knew liked losing people saying step
I always hear it. I just liked the way it set up. They said Jimmy is losing a step that he can't do it anymore. It's been the story of my career. It's always been people saying I couldn't do it. I knew I could do it. You knew I could do it. There's always a handful of people.
looked
I always had the facial hair so I looked older than I was.
apart certainly city found guard life
He has found out by going up there, life is certainly different in the big city and in the business. He's found you have to have your guard up to be apart of it and still be who you want to be.
bad bouncing good looking looks rested turn
He looks rested. He was bouncing around out there. As bad as it was for him to have the injury, it may turn out to be a good thing as he's rested and looking sharp.
people
People like the idea of the trio and so I did mostly trio.
mom
My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.