“I always felt like, one of the niches is if you can recruit the SEC, y...” — Kirby Smart Quote

“I always felt like, one of the niches is if you can recruit the SEC, you can be a head coach in the SEC.”

“A team is a group of young men playing together. The program is the entirety of that.”

“What you have success with, you feel comfortable with, you always rely on that a little bit.”

“I think the tone that the head coach sets transcends to the team.”

“In Minnesota, we were caught between rebuilding or trying to continue to build around Kevin Garnett. I got caught right in the middle of that. KG was at an age where he was a good player, but he couldn't carry a team anymore. I think my inexperience as far as being a head coach hurt me there.”

“I love Coach Zimmer. He's a tough head coach who stands behind his players 100 percent.”