Marcus Smart Quotes

I am grateful to everybody: the training staff, my fellow players, and everybody who works for the club. It is just great.

I'm the type of person that, when it's my time in the spotlight, I'll do my duty in the spotlight. When it's not, and it's another person's time, I'll go away.

What I pride myself on mostly is making the game easier for my teammates.

If it's a shot for me, if I can make a play, create for someone else, I'll do that. A lot of times you run a play, everybody's watching, everybody's locked in, everybody's pulling over, and it just makes the game tougher for me.

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

I'm proud, I've been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you.

But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.

The people have given me their support; they have given me their trust and confidence. My colleagues have suffered a lot in order to give me support. I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

I've always been an unselfish guy, and that's the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability - not only for myself but for my teammates.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.

Thank you to all of the managers, coaches, and staff I've worked with and thank you to all of the team-mates that I've shared a dressing room with over the years.

I don't go out there to score goals, as I am just as happy if I provide an assist for a teammate.

Players like Rio Ferdinand and Patrick Vieira have supported me, and I just want to say thank you.

Besides what he does on the field, one must thank Messi's human quality.

Basketball is like life and life is like basketball. It's just a game. So lets play the best we can while we are still here with love, compassion, selflessness fairplay and supporting each other to be bigger and better human beings.

Just like in life, when you play basketball, you have to give in order to receive. On the court, you're not only making things move along by giving the ball, but you're also giving your physical and mental strength, your passion, your talent, your trust in your teammates. This way the power can multiply and the whole team wins.

My parents were hardworking and still are. Everything I do is for them and the family.

Everyone who works for Manchester respected me. I tried to help, and I am very grateful to them.

My main goal is to help the team as much as possible anyway I can. If they need me to shoot the three, I'll shoot the three. If they need me to run the floor and block shots, I'll do that also.

Football has given me a lot and I have tried my best to give something back.

I enjoy making plays for my teammates.

The thing about LeBron is he's very unselfish, right? So he can pass the ball.

If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.

Sir Alex Ferguson sent me a letter wishing me good luck before my fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. He also sent me a United shirt, signed by all of the players. It was a really nice touch and typical of the man who has always made himself available to managers in this country whenever they've needed advice.

I always thought the fans deserved the best I can give them.