I was a 6-foot-tall 13-year-old who couldn't play basketball. I moved around all the time as a kid, and at each new school, the coach would say, 'He's the great white hope' - but I couldn't play ball. So my thing was jokes and characters and making fun of myself and being the 6-foot-9 Jewish guy. That was my way into show business.
More Quotes by Brad Garrett
You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.
Athletics are not my wheelhouse because sports were mean to this uncoordinated kid growing up, a 6-foot-2 14-year-old who never could do a layup.
I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.
It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.
There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail.
Humor is healing.