No one on the planet Earth is going to be able to look at me on television and say that I'm a liar. It will not happen.
— Stephen A. Smith
My family was heavily into sports.
I've been on MSNBC and CNN and Fox News. Not just Fox News, not just CNN.
I climbed up this business.
I've covered the league over two decades, I've known Bryan Colangelo for a long, long time. He's not someone who goes on and off the record criticizing his contemporaries or his predecessors.
You can't score if you can't run.
I work in a public forum, and all I can do is say what I honestly feel.
If no one hears you, and no one listens to you, it doesn't matter how good you are because no one cares about you.
When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general assignment to beats on St. Joe's and Temple, to backup writer, to NBA writer, to NBA columnist, to, ultimately, in 2003, to general sports columns.
It's my job as a reporter to not be about the business of making friends or enemies but just be in the tireless pursuit of truth.
If you are in the world of business, that means you are in the business of making money.
Like, when they say to me, 'Screamin' A.' - I'm the only dude on the air who's loud? I know plenty of white dudes who are screaming and going off. They're called passionate. I'm called loud.
The truth hurts sometimes, particularly when it involves someone at a low point in their life.
Money is here to be made in America. - for those with the ability to earn it legitimately. The exception appears to be when you're young, gifted, and black. There are always questions when the three intertwine.
Watch me on CNN/SI. Check out clips from 'Quite Frankly.' I've always been Stephen A. Smith. I've been this way since the day I was born.
My father is from the West Indies, the St. Thomas Virgin Islands.
If something touches on the world of sports, ESPN has never told me that I cannot discuss a sports-related matter.
If you are the president of the United States of America, you are 70 years of age, and you are tweeting - literally competing with 15- and 17-year-olds - that is a problem.
There are many dimensions to Stephen A.
Once upon a time, it was hard to decipher what was more difficult to stomach: the foolish, detrimental behavior of a professional athlete or the apologists disguised as their inner circle, eager to excuse the inexcusable. And then there came Allen Iverson, who didn't make it difficult at all.
Let me be clear: Despite his flaws, I respect Andy Reid as a coach and as a person.
You can criticize me. You can crucify me. You can love me. You can hate me. Just don't make the mistake of calling me inauthentic, because you'd be a damn liar.
