Skip Bayless Quotes

I don't give false claims any due.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

I'm not fake in any way.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I don't do much lying in real life because I don't get away with it.

It's best not to appear to believe what you say but to believe what you say.

What is earnest is not always the truth.

Don't you ever ask me for a true statement again!

One of the things I learned early on was the system of believing: you have to believe in what you say. The camera is the arbiter of truth; it's the all-seeing eye that can pick out discrepancies. You can't lie to the camera. You must believe in what you're saying, or the audience won't believe you.

I'm not a fake person.

What you haven't seen from me are false attacks.

I'm not a liar; I'm a truth teller.

I don't have any reason to lie about anything.

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under oath, so that what I write is the truth about my characters.

I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.

You never monkey with the truth.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.