Lovie Smith shares his roots of faith, family

Miami-Growing up in Big Sandy Texas, Bears Head Coach Lovie Smith learned early in life that the most important things were family and belief in the Lord.

"My mother was a very strong woman," Smith said during a news conference Saturday. "One thing about her was she wanted us to be respectful of others and ourselves. She also wanted us to be very confident.

"One of the words we could never use around her was can't. She didn't believe in that."

Smith fused that belief with his Bears team this year, when people said the Bears could not reach the Super Bowl, he didn't believe it. "We knew we could be here. We had confidence in ourselves," Smith said.

His …