Tubby Smith Professions : Basketball Coach Born : June 30, 1951 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Tubby Smith Do you have a passion for what you do and do you love what you do? If you don't, then it can be drudgery, it can be hard, it can be work. But when you find something that you enjoy a lot, then you're more willing to sacrifice a lot of things in order to be successful as a teacher. Tubby Smith passion successful teacher My favorite thing about coaching? Teaching. Being around young people, just watching a player grow and develop. You know, a young man comes in with dreams and goals and ambitions and just helping him reach (them). It's like your dad watching you grow up and like me watching my boys grow. Tubby Smith growing-up dad dream The trick to defending Kentucky's home court is....better defending Tubby Smith kentucky court home Shooting is all about confidence. Tubby Smith shooting Similar Authors Bob Weltlich basketball-coach Bob Weiss basketball-coach Buzz Williams basketball-coach Bruce Pearl basketball-coach Brett Brown basketball-coach Brad Stevens basketball-coach All Authors