I pride myself on respecting my colleagues.
Stephen A. Smith
You can criticize me. You can crucify me. You can love me. You can hate me. Just don't make the mistake of calling me inauthentic, because you'd be a damn liar.
I prefer turkey to other potential sandwich meats. Turkey is delicious, and the turkey and cheese sandwich is my personal favorite. It doesn't upset my stomach, and I like to have it once or twice week.
There is nothing worse than being mediocre at a whole bunch of different things.
I'm allergic to losing.
I can't stand lying. I can't stand liars.
You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.
Corporate America doesn't give a damn about you. It does not care about your feelings. It wants productivity, and whoever doesn't produce is going to be pushed out, and the way is going to be paved for somebody else to step into your shoes who can do the job.
I have opinions that are based on the facts that are presented to me.
I worked as an intern. I worked at a high school. I worked at a college newspaper while I was taking 18 credits while on the basketball team.
I'm associated with Walt Disney, but dammit, everybody knows that I'm a bottom feeder.
If you are in the world of business, that means you are in the business of making money.
Once upon a time, it was hard to decipher what was more difficult to stomach: the foolish, detrimental behavior of a professional athlete or the apologists disguised as their inner circle, eager to excuse the inexcusable. And then there came Allen Iverson, who didn't make it difficult at all.
If I'm hated, so what? If I'm loved, so what?
When the presidential debates are on, I'll watch that like it's the Super Bowl. I actually thoroughly enjoy that. I always have.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade don't just beat you, they snatch your heart.
If no one hears you, and no one listens to you, it doesn't matter how good you are because no one cares about you.
I don't believe I ever come across as a know-it-all.
I date African-American women. That's all I date. In my family, it was never discussed - but I love black women. Nothing beats a sister. However, when you see a female like Jennifer Lopez, you have to acknowledge that there are many beautiful Latino women as well.
When we got home from school, every TV in the house was on 'General Hospital,' so if I wanted to watch TV instead of do homework, I had to watch 'General Hospital.'
You want to be the best at something.
If something touches on the world of sports, ESPN has never told me that I cannot discuss a sports-related matter.
Let me be clear: Despite his flaws, I respect Andy Reid as a coach and as a person.
If you are the president of the United States of America, you are 70 years of age, and you are tweeting - literally competing with 15- and 17-year-olds - that is a problem.
I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.' You feel a tremendous responsibility, not to take the black side of things but to make sure that side gets heard, because if I don't do it, who's going to do it?
Negativity sells.
I am a boxing fan.
It bothers me when nobody is criticizing me, because then I am not doing something.
My first newspaper job was a high school reporter for the 'New York Daily News.'
I can't stand people who look into the camera and look into the eyes of millions of people and wax political correctness.
I am a native of Hollis, Queens, N.Y.
My father is from the West Indies, the St. Thomas Virgin Islands.
When you understand that everything - and I do mean everything - in this nation that we live in, if not this world, is connected to the almighty dollar, it doesn't mean you worship it.
I'm not an actor, though people say I can act.
LaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Marion Barber, and a host of other black stars help the NFL shine brightly week after week.
Everyone that knows me knows I'm about winning.
Radio affords you the opportunity to pontificate and elaborate extensively.
The truth hurts sometimes, particularly when it involves someone at a low point in their life.
A season is not made in a week or two any more than a stellar game epitomizes greatness.
It's my job as a reporter to not be about the business of making friends or enemies but just be in the tireless pursuit of truth.
Money is here to be made in America. - for those with the ability to earn it legitimately. The exception appears to be when you're young, gifted, and black. There are always questions when the three intertwine.
When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general assignment to beats on St. Joe's and Temple, to backup writer, to NBA writer, to NBA columnist, to, ultimately, in 2003, to general sports columns.
I've never taken an acting lesson in my life, and it's not my chosen profession, so I'm flattered when people say I can do it and give me props for doing it.
Maybe, instead of putting our standards on other people, we should be very reticent, apprehensive, and deliberate and methodical in choosing whom we choose to elevate in the eyes of the public as role models.
Like, when they say to me, 'Screamin' A.' - I'm the only dude on the air who's loud? I know plenty of white dudes who are screaming and going off. They're called passionate. I'm called loud.
I've watched presidential debates since I was a teen, and I love it.
I work in a public forum, and all I can do is say what I honestly feel.
Watch me on CNN/SI. Check out clips from 'Quite Frankly.' I've always been Stephen A. Smith. I've been this way since the day I was born.
You can't score if you can't run.
I've covered the league over two decades, I've known Bryan Colangelo for a long, long time. He's not someone who goes on and off the record criticizing his contemporaries or his predecessors.
