Top 57 Quotes by Kirby Smart

I've been very fortunate to be with Coach Saban this long, learned a lot of football from him. It's been kind of the key to my personal success out of the places that I've coached.

What I'm worried about is our team and our players developing and getting better. That's the most important thing.

The only thing that matters with my kids are them graduating and playing well, and I try to do my dangedest to get them to play well.

When you step out there on the field as a corner in our system, you have to be ready to play because humility is one week away.

It's hard to say that it gets any better to be at your alma mater and run a major college football program.

I don't believe in the coach-in-waiting thing. I don't think that works.

Every day I pull into that parking spot that says 'Head Football Coach,' I get out of my car and pinch myself sometimes, just to make sure it's real, sort of like, 'Is this really happening?'

I've got recruits that will text and call and do everything in the middle of the night. And I'm thinking, 'I'm with my family.' But you've got to dedicate time to that, or you can't do it.

It's a lot more important to get quality young men and good student-athletes that can be successful at the University of Georgia. That's my No. 1 goal.

I've seen Coach Saban over the years have to make a lot of tough decisions, and there's not one decision he doesn't make that he doesn't bounce ideas off the staff. To me, that's invaluable.