A season is not made in a week or two any more than a stellar game epitomizes greatness.
— Stephen A. Smith
When we got home from school, every TV in the house was on 'General Hospital,' so if I wanted to watch TV instead of do homework, I had to watch 'General Hospital.'
I was the youngest of six, with four older sisters.
I'm allergic to losing.
I've watched presidential debates since I was a teen, and I love it.
I date African-American women. That's all I date. In my family, it was never discussed - but I love black women. Nothing beats a sister. However, when you see a female like Jennifer Lopez, you have to acknowledge that there are many beautiful Latino women as well.
I can't stand people who look into the camera and look into the eyes of millions of people and wax political correctness.
I worked as an intern. I worked at a high school. I worked at a college newspaper while I was taking 18 credits while on the basketball team.
LaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward, Marion Barber, and a host of other black stars help the NFL shine brightly week after week.
I am a native of Hollis, Queens, N.Y.
I pride myself on being someone who stomps, who does not tippy-toe.
There is nothing worse than being mediocre at a whole bunch of different things.
Negativity sells.
I care about how I look, but I don't care about the fashion industry.
I think a lot about me is humble.
I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.' You feel a tremendous responsibility, not to take the black side of things but to make sure that side gets heard, because if I don't do it, who's going to do it?
If I'm hated, so what? If I'm loved, so what?
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade don't just beat you, they snatch your heart.
I've never taken an acting lesson in my life, and it's not my chosen profession, so I'm flattered when people say I can do it and give me props for doing it.
Don't fake what you feel. I've never been about that. I never will be about that.
Everyone that knows me knows I'm about winning.
When the presidential debates are on, I'll watch that like it's the Super Bowl. I actually thoroughly enjoy that. I always have.
I prefer turkey to other potential sandwich meats. Turkey is delicious, and the turkey and cheese sandwich is my personal favorite. It doesn't upset my stomach, and I like to have it once or twice week.
I am a boxing fan.
I came up in this industry at a time where you had to be a journalist. You had to break stories. You had to break news to elevate your career, to get to a certain point and a certain level in this business, before you even had the license to give your opinion, especially if you were a black man.
While winning may not always personify the Big Apple, attitude certainly does. Players get called to the carpet. So do coaches, managers, executives, owners, and anyone associated with them. No one is safe.
Long before my days at ESPN, the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' or the 'New York Daily News' before that, I was a student at Thomas A. Edison Vocational and Technical High.
Corporate America doesn't give a damn about you. It does not care about your feelings. It wants productivity, and whoever doesn't produce is going to be pushed out, and the way is going to be paved for somebody else to step into your shoes who can do the job.
Radio affords you the opportunity to pontificate and elaborate extensively.
When you think about advertising, it's understanding that whether it's newspaper, radio, or television, you have to know how to advertise, how to market, because ultimately, everything comes down to ratings and revenue or ratings and subscribers and revenue, whether it's newspapers or radio or television.
My first newspaper job was a high school reporter for the 'New York Daily News.'
I don't believe I ever come across as a know-it-all.
You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.
I'm associated with Walt Disney, but dammit, everybody knows that I'm a bottom feeder.
Heart means something, especially in Gotham City, where the only thing worse than a scrub is someone devoid of that thumping sound inside the chest.
I'm not an actor, though people say I can act.
The role that people think I play is not a role. When I go home, and I'm with my sisters, I'm the same way. When I'm with my boys, I'm the same way.
Yes, I'm a personality. I accept that. O.K.? I understand it. But I'm a personality with credentials.
I go to work every day with two missions. Two! No. 1: how can I make my bosses more money? And No. 2: how can I get some of it?
I can't stand lying. I can't stand liars.
Maybe, instead of putting our standards on other people, we should be very reticent, apprehensive, and deliberate and methodical in choosing whom we choose to elevate in the eyes of the public as role models.
I pride myself on respecting my colleagues.
New Yorkers always want to win. But it's just as important to us that you show us that you're trying like hell to do it for us.
When you understand that everything - and I do mean everything - in this nation that we live in, if not this world, is connected to the almighty dollar, it doesn't mean you worship it.
You want to be the best at something.
It bothers me when nobody is criticizing me, because then I am not doing something.
I care about how I carry and present myself.
I know what I know, and what I don't know, I'm willing to admit.
I don't have time to read books. I've read my share of books throughout my life, and I will continue to do so.
I have opinions that are based on the facts that are presented to me.
