Stephen A. Smith
Let me be clear: Despite his flaws, I respect Andy Reid as a coach and as a person.Collection: Respect
I've watched presidential debates since I was a teen, and I love it.Collection: Teen
The truth hurts sometimes, particularly when it involves someone at a low point in their life.Collection: Truth
If you are in the world of business, that means you are in the business of making money.Collection: Business
If something touches on the world of sports, ESPN has never told me that I cannot discuss a sports-related matter.Collection: Sports
I came up in this industry at a time where you had to be a journalist. You had to break stories. You had to break news to elevate your career, to get to a certain point and a certain level in this business, before you even had the license to give your opinion, especially if you were a black man.Collection: Business
You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.
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.
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.
My father is from the West Indies, the St. Thomas Virgin Islands.
I'm allergic to losing.
I am a native of Hollis, Queens, N.Y.
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.
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.
My family was heavily into sports.
I've been on MSNBC and CNN and Fox News. Not just Fox News, not just CNN.
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.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade don't just beat you, they snatch your heart.
I work in a public forum, and all I can do is say what I honestly feel.
I know what I know, and what I don't know, I'm willing to admit.
Everyone that knows me knows I'm about winning.
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.
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.
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.
If I'm hated, so what? If I'm loved, so what?
No one on the planet Earth is going to be able to look at me on television and say that I'm a liar. It will not happen.
I can't stand lying. I can't stand liars.
I was the youngest of six, with four older sisters.
New Yorkers always want to win. But it's just as important to us that you show us that you're trying like hell to do it for us.
When the presidential debates are on, I'll watch that like it's the Super Bowl. I actually thoroughly enjoy that. I always have.
Don't fake what you feel. I've never been about that. I never will be about that.
Radio affords you the opportunity to pontificate and elaborate extensively.
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.
Yes, I'm a personality. I accept that. O.K.? I understand it. But I'm a personality with credentials.
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.
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.
You can't score if you can't run.
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.
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.
There are many dimensions to Stephen A.
I climbed up this business.
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'm associated with Walt Disney, but dammit, everybody knows that I'm a bottom feeder.
I have opinions that are based on the facts that are presented to me.
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?
I don't have time to read books. I've read my share of books throughout my life, and I will continue to do so.
I don't believe I ever come across as a know-it-all.
I think a lot about me is humble.
My first newspaper job was a high school reporter for the 'New York Daily News.'
I care about how I look, but I don't care about the fashion industry.