Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 December 1925
CountryUnited States of America
games later problem win
We'll win games so we won't have the problem later this year. It's understandable.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
guy pounding side touching
Very tough, especially when you look on the opponent's side and you don't see Peyton (Manning) touching the ground. How much pounding can a guy take?
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.
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Brandon's the heart and soul of our basketball team. He was possessed early in the game but the guys stepped up well in the second half in his absence.
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.
exactly guys time
I don't have to say anything. You guys know. Now is the time to make plays. That's exactly what I do. That's why I'm here.
came guy introduced
My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion.
aspect nba somebody stood training work
I'm all about getting training from somebody that used to work with NBA players. That aspect really stood out from the other schools, being able to have a person work with you that used to work in the NBA because that's where I want to go.