Matt Harvey Quotes

All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.

I want to change the bad boy image that has stuck for a bit because I don't think I am at all how I have been portrayed. I would like that to change because it's awful to hear and read what is said of you.

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

I'd like to think that maybe the average person is rational, and they realise that I'm not this crazy monster that, at times, I've been perceived to be.

I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go "ugh." I wouldn't like her either. It's so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am.

The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.

A lot of the stories I've read about myself, I don't even recognize who they're writing about.

I think you have regrets when you didn't give it everything you had, and I always felt like I did. Whether it was good enough or not, that has nothing to do with the fact that I tried my best to give my team a chance to win, year in and year out.

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.

When we founded Facebook, we put a lot of hours into it and worked hard every day. 'The Social Network' painted this picture that we were partying all the time, when really we only attended 2 or 3 parties during Facebook's first year.

Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.

I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.

People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am.

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

I'm just a basketball player going out there and trying to get wins.

Ultimately, all the fans hope for is that their team wins and that the players give their all. So if you work hard, leave everything out on the pitch and achieve good results, then these are all of the necessary ingredients to make sure you are liked.

We just must make sure we give everything we can to become champions.

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.

Everyone is committed to giving their best and to putting in 100 percent in every match to win.

There's a perception in certain parts of the media that I love 'bling.' I love diamonds. I love to show off. I really don't understand where that comes from.

Once someone sees me on TV, they always think that 'He is just a cocky brat,' but I am not. Once you get to sit down with Adrien Broner, you will fall in love with me.

At the end of the day, all I can focus on is doing what I need to do, as a player, to help the team win.