Matt Barnes Quotes

Everyone has this perception that the bloggers, they say horrible things about you and they hide behind their computers where you can't see them.

I wouldn't coach football now for nothing, and it's because of social media. That just bothers the heck out of me. People blast ya and you don't put their name down.

It's unbelievable that people have the time and inclination to be as negative as they are on a public platform about people who accomplish whatever they do in the public eye.

The chances of me getting trolled are very high because of the films I do. But I only read the good things.

You can't chase everybody on the Internet who's saying stuff about you, that's for sure.

Sometimes I see people writing the most ridiculous things about me.

There are probably more internet hate sites about me than Charles Manson.

It is a horrible feeling to have people bashing you online.

We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.

For some reason, I'm constantly attacked on social media in terms of how I dress. I've never understood that. That's been very hard.

I was told that someone on Facebook said something 'horrible' about me. Who cares? At least they're watching the show.

I believe social media gives away a lot to people. I got this impression long time back when my friend was on Twitter, and he got trolled because he posted his opinion about something. He was very upset about it, as he didn't expect that people will reply in such a nasty way.

Negative social media can ruin a player. Reading your mentions? It's poison.

I'm not one for reading comments or reading what people say online because, generally, there's a lot of negativity.

People say a lot of mess about celebrities. In the social media world, celebrities are able to go online and see nice things and horrible things written about them - but these people on the Internet wouldn't have the guts to say it to their face.

You know that social media can be a harsh thing, man.

If you've spent any time on social media, you may have had the misfortune of coming up against a cowardly troll who hides behind a Twitter handle or Facebook page to criticize or attack you for any number of grievances, real or perceived.

Social media has allowed people to ramp up their personal attacks on people in the public eye - because there is a sense they can do it anonymously.

[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.

I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care.

The Internet is a big place where a lot of people can voice their opinions, and my mother chooses to pick fights with random people from all over the world who don't have the nicest things to say about me.

Anyone can go online and write anything they want about people they don't even know, and most of the time, that is fueled by hate. The sad part is that people actually believe what they read online.

Now with social media, people essentially come into my living room, my virtual living room, and tell me everything that is wrong with me.

Twitter can be great and very bad.

Whatever comedian says he doesn't read comments, I never believe him, because we all have the same pathological problem to see what people think of us, and it sucks, because you try not to take it personally, and people are monsters and idiots.