Stephen A. Smith Quotes

People think I've got a problem with the press. Actually I have no problem with the press, but just like in football there are a handful who cause problems because they're disrespectful, they're lazy, and above all - and this is what really gets to me - they haven't worked hard to get there.

It's not okay to just make up false things about someone, especially in their personal life. Professionally, fine! Scrutinize me all you want. I know that I can't please everyone, but personally, let's just leave it alone. It's going too far.

I dish the dirt out, and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it? In 20 years, I have taken any number of stories, most of which are not true, without a murmur of complaint. But some stories you have to draw the line and say No.

God loveth not the speaking ill of any one in public.

Some people blame him [General Thomas Conway] for calling some of OUR GENERALS cowards & drunkards in public company. But these things are proof of his integrity, and should raise him in the opinion of every friend of America.

I haven't said anything bad about Fay Vincent publicly, and I won't. I like him personally.

Even if you had the wherewithal to embarrass a reporter, there was no mechanism to do it. And in most cases, you might as well save your breath because the reporter had no shame anyway.

I think it is important not to scream from the rooftops to make yourself heard, I want my work to do the talking for me.

Trash my acting and my films. But don't gossip about my personal life.

My pride is the length of time I have worked in the industry without any major controversy.

I don't go to journalists' houses and start dishing about anything private.

Anthony Joshua is a friend of mine, and I've got a lot of time for him... I would never put his name out there.

I have a lot of respect for Kawhi.

I understand that at times coaches get heated, and there are things they don't really want to talk about. As a sideline reporter, you're in the line of fire, and I just got lit up once. And that's fine.

I was a LeBron fan, wanted him to stay in Cleveland for the hometown team, but he made a decision for his family. You've got to respect that.

You don't want to be represented the wrong way for doing stuff or saying the wrong stuff.

I don't kiss and tell.

I think everybody respects Real Madrid; nobody wants to play against us.

I am not going to do anything that embarrasses my parents.

What is important is that I am respected both on and off the field by cricketers and fans.

Personally, I would never criticise a player in public.

I think people saw me as someone who was real, and not somebody subject to the criticism and ridicule given to my profession.

I will only talk about my work. I have always stayed away from commenting on my personal life, and that remains unchanged.

What's been interesting is that the more famous the person is, the less they seem to care if I talk about them.

I do have certain people whom I want to work with. The kind of people I want to work with won't cast me on the basis of my hotness in the songs.