Markieff Morris Quotes

I believe I had an unfair reputation. If people think I was a bad kid, I was a bad kid to them. But people close to me know I'm not.

I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.

I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.

I just want people to know that I'm a good person, and I'm not a thug like everybody thinks I am.

As you get to know me, you kind of figure me out, that I'm not as probably as bad of a guy that I've been reported to be. I'm not that jerk.

I, for my own part, had much rather people should say of me that there neither is nor ever was such a man as Plutarch, than that they should say, "Plutarch is an unsteady, fickle, froward, vindictive, and touchy fellow.

I know I'm not a saint, but I'm not the guy I'm made out to be by others.

To some people I'll always be the bad guy.

To be completely honest, it's shocking to me that I keep getting the villain roles! I do not see myself as the villain and I know, growing up, I was the opposite of a villain. I would never try to be a villain to anyone - but maybe other people I grew up with feel differently about that.

I've been around for so long, people have their perceptions of me: good, bad or indifferent.

I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

What is important for me is that the people who know me for real know Mario how he really is. People who don't know me, they read newspapers and they watch TV. TV is made to give a lot of opinions... so I can't show the real Mario to everybody.

I mean, I don't really pay too much attention publicly to what people think.

People are intimidated when they first meet me, but it doesn't take them long to realise I'm just an average person.

I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.

What happens is I speak to people outside of my circle of friends and they have already formed an opinion of me based on the things that people have written. That is the effect of journalism on my life, and sometimes it isn't very pleasant.

Don't believe anything they write about you, good or bad.

I don't think the guys I played with have ever had a problem with me. People can make up what they want to think.

I believe that everyone has a right to have an opinion about things or people, and fortunately, I have been lucky to have heard usually good things about myself. However, I must admit that people can be quite critical about your role also.

No diss to any of my homies, but I pay very close attention to what people say about me.

It's all well and good when it's going good and people have an opinion on how well you're playing, but it's the hidden things they don't see.

People will have their guesses and opinions on my character, but anyone that's actually sat down and talked to me knows that I don't have any character issues, any off-the-field issues.

I feel like a lot of people don't have the most positive things to say about YouTubers.

People have a certain mindset about me, they know me to be a very serious person as I don't party much nor am I overtly active on social media but there is more to me than what is imbibed in their minds.