A Quote by Alex Smith
For me, it's about winning games. I'm trying to score more points than the other team. I don't really care how we do it.
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For us, it's about winning. How do you do that? You score more points than the other team.
Stats don't matter. I care about winning, not stats. If I score 0 points and we win I'm happy. If I score 50, 60 points, break the records, and we lose, I'm pissed off. 'Cause I knew I did something wrong. I'll have a hell of a season if I win the championship and average 20 points a game.
I think we can keep people off-balance and ultimately we have to go score points, score one more point than the other team.
Obviously, people say offense wins games, defenses win championships. But I think, at the end of the day, if you score more points than the other team, you're going to win.
I don't really care how many yards I throw for; as long as we score more points than the guys we're playing.
I got to have more of those type of games where I'm just engaged. It doesn't matter the score or how many points I score.
At the end of the day, it's about winning. I want to be productive out there, of course. But I care about the score more than what I care about the stats.
Back when I played, basketball was all about fundamentals, about hustling, getting those loose balls, all those rebounds under the basket. That equals up to 12, 14, 16 points. You can lose a game with that much. It's different watching basketball now. People don't play the same way. It doesn't matter if you score, if you can't stop the other team from scoring. Our coach used to kick our ass if we didn't. I was told if you saw more of the other team color under the basket than your own team color, you ain't doing your job. Everybody should be under the board, trying to get that ball.
I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will.
At the end of the day, when you have more points than the other team, you win. So, defensively, it's all about not giving up touchdowns. It's about trying to keep them off the board.
I think everybody needs to think about making plays for the team, making winning plays, before thinking about how many points we're going to score and stuff like that.
I'm satisfied with the way I play, but I don't evaluate my performances. I worry about what I can contribute defensively. I don't need to score. As long as we win, I don't care how many points I score.
I want to score more than 20. It's my job. But it is not an obsession for me ahead of winning titles for the team.
I literally and truly don't care how many points I score. I get far more satisfaction out of doing the other things that make us winners.
There were games I would score five and games I would score 30, and sometimes the five points were way more important than the 30.
You're coaching Kentucky - and you have a chance to change lives. That's not what this is up there in the NBA. You have assets. You're trying to piece a team together. You're trying to win more games than the other guy. You're trying to advance in the playoffs, and if you don't, they'll find somebody else that can.
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