"While shooting some hoops with his son Christopher (Jaden Smith), Chris Gardner (Will Smith) makes a casual statement to his son that he will never be great in basketball as he himself (the father) is below average. Upon seeing how dejected little Christopher is, the father realised his blunder and told his son: “Hey. Don’t ever let somebody tell you… You can’t do something. Not even me. Alright? You got a dream… You gotta protect it. People can’t do something’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something’, go get it. Period.” KID - Hey, Dad. I'm going pro. DAD - Okay. Yeah, I don't know, you know. You'll probably be about as good as I was. That's kind of the way it works, you know. I was below average. You know, so you'll probably ultimately rank somewhere around there, you know, so I really... You'll excel at a lot of things, just not this. I don't want you shooting this ball all day and night. All right? KID - All right. DAD - Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... you can't do something. Not even me. All right? KID - All right. DAD - You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves. They wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period. Let's go."