Marcus Smart Quotes

I take pride in everything I do. I don't want to be handed anything. I want to earn it.

Nothing in this league was ever given to me.

I've earned every single thing that I've got.

I've earned everything I have; that's the attitude.

I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.

I don't think you need any kind of backing here in the industry. I think what you achieve in your life is the result of your own talent and hard work.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

I've never wanted to just ride on coat tails. I don't know, if you don't earn something then it doesn't feel as good.

I earn everything that I get.

I never had a single thing handed to me. I had to fight for everything I wanted, like my education.

I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you.

It's very nice to meet people who just get on, work hard, and don't have things handed to them.

I know how to work. Not everything was given to me.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

No matter what I do, I'm going to earn it.

I couldn't buy my way - I had to work my way. What a great quote: 'I couldn't buy my way into success, I had to work my way into success.'

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

I've worked hard for my life. No one gave me anything.

I don't believe in handouts, I believe in working hard for what you want.

I have worked for everything. I am self-made and proud of it.

I ask people to not attribute what I've done - my success and how hard I've worked - to not reduce that or attribute that to someone else.

I want to earn it, I don't want anything given to me.

Every step, every bit of success, it's gotta be earned.