Quotes from Marcus Smart

Me and discrimination, me and racial profiling... we go way back. We've got history.

Whoever you put in front of me, I'm not going to back down.

I love reflexology - it's amazing. As a person whose career is on my feet, it relaxes me and keeps me healthy and helps me do those long hours on the court.

I had a lot of adversity that kind of tested my maturity and things I was able to learn from and were put in my way for a reason, to make me a mature person and more experienced person.

You understand what your eyes mean to you, but it's different when you have to go through something like I did, where it's a possibility you could have lost your eyesight. It puts things back into perspective for you and humbles you a little bit.

The Celtics are an amazing franchise and a great organization to play with.

I am a fighter; I will keep fighting and will never give up.

I'm just a physical player and I just try to make physical plays and just plays period for my team and do things that they need me to do to help them win.

My rookie year, I bought a new Range Rover, and, knowing what I know about traffic stops in this country, I made damn sure that the tint on the windows was legal. Somehow, though... I just kept getting pulled over for my tint.

I'm a winner. I'm not about the accolades. I'm here to win.

As a kid back home in Texas, I was followed by sales associates in stores and called derogatory names more times than I can count.

Thank God I had both parents and older brothers.

I just wake up and I thank God every day, because I easily could've been in jail or six feet under.

The whole point of college is to find yourself, to figure out things before you go into the real world.

I want to hear good things. I don't want to hear any negative things about me. It makes me look bad. It makes me feel bad. It makes my family look bad.

You know it's a real winter when Bostonians are telling you that they've never experienced anything like it.

Everybody is responsible for their own actions. It's easy to point the finger at somebody else, but a real man, a real woman, a real person knows when it's time to take the blame and when to take responsibility for their own actions.

Being on the court is a great thing for me.

There's not a lot of guys in this league who are tough for me to guard. It's a short list.

What would I do if I were being guarded by Marcus Smart? There's not much you can do!

How many guards are doing what I'm doing guarding 1 through 5? How many bigs are guarding 1s the way I'm guarding 5s?

My actions speak harder than words.

I'm a reflection of my mom, my brothers and everyone in my family. How I carry myself is a reflection of how they raised me. I've learned that.

God has blessed me with an ability to go out there and play the game that I love to play. And I don't want to regret that. So, I feel I need to go out every day and play like it's my last.