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Excerpts from an interview with Reader’s Digest, Dec. 2006 issue, p. 94
RD: You and Jada have been married nine years and, by all accounts, are very happy. What’s the key?

Smith: Communication. And divorce cannot be an option.

RD: Your first marriage ended in divorce.

Smith: That is probably the most painful loss of my life. I quit. I could have fixed it. It really was not that bad.

RD: Some would say there’s no reason to stay if a marriage isn’t good.

Smith: Once you say that, you’ve lost. With Jada, I stood up in front of God and my family and friends and said, “Till death do us part.” So there are two possible outcomes: We are going to be together till death, or I am dead.

RD: But people do have problems in marriage.

Smith: Jada and I have problems; everybody has problems. People ask, “What happens if you made a mistake?” Well, you should be a little more careful before you stand up in front of God and our family and friends and say, “Till death do us part.”