Quotes from Stephen A. Smith

I was the youngest of six, with four older sisters.

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.

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.

I don't consider myself just a black man. I consider myself a brotha. I love my people.

I'm not just a black man, I'm a brotha. I love my people. When I'm on the air I am fully aware that I am not just representing myself but representing us.

If I'm wrong, I'm man enough to say I'm wrong.

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.

I've been on MSNBC and CNN and Fox News. Not just Fox News, not just CNN.

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.

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.

A season is not made in a week or two any more than a stellar game epitomizes greatness.

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.

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.

I know what I know, and what I don't know, I'm willing to admit.

I'm allergic to losing.

I can't stand lying. I can't stand liars.