Top 60 Marcus Smart Quotes

I want to be in Boston. I want to be here. I love this city, I love this team. I love the atmosphere it gives off.

Eighty-two games, it’s a long season.

My whole life I’ve been the one to look myself in the mirror whenever everyone else is doubting me. I’m the one that had the most confidence in myself and I always betted on myself, and it’s worked out for me each and every time.

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.

I’m the youngest of four boys. My whole life I had to fight. I had to get down and do things in order to secure my spot in the household. So, coming onto the court, it’s nothing different.

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.

I hate losing more than I love winning.

When I got cleared by doctors and was coronavirus-free, one of the first things I did was get to marching in Boston. I wanted to join the people out there doing all they could to speak out against injustice and hatred and police brutality – folks looking to ensure the future of our country is better than its past.

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

I’m a competitor.

Nobody else is going to protect yourself. You’ve got to protect yourself.

I’m not a superman with a cape, I’m only a basketball player for the Celtics. But if I can make one child smile, I’ve done my job.

Our bigs do a lot for us guards to get us shots, to get us shots, to get us open buckets, that they deserve the praise.

No matter what you say or do, somebody’s always going to be there and will have their own opinion of you. There’s nothing you can do about it. You just have to live your life.

I want to win games, win a championship.

I want to work for what I have. If feel if you work for what you have instead of it being just given to you, people respect you a lot more because you understand what it takes, you’ve been there and done it. No one can just say it was easy because you took it. You didn’t just get it. You took it.

I pride myself on the defensive end. That’s where I earn my keep.

I am a physical player, no doubt about that, but a dirty player? That’s not my reputation.

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.

There are a lot of things that make Kyrie’s game unstoppable. But his ability to ad-lib and come up with things on the fly is special.

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

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

I’ve always felt like a little bit of an underdog at each level – never the tallest or strongest or even fastest. But one thing I’ve always tried to do was to play harder than anyone on the court.

You need to separate the fans and the players.

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

You’ve got to want to play defence. Nobody really wants to play defence. It’s boring. It sucks. You don’t get the flashiness, the scores, the dunks. But you’ve got to have it.

I’ve always said, ‘Before you see the rainbow, it has to storm.’

I’ve always been playing because I knew this was eventually going to pay off in the long run for me.

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

I want to earn it, I don’t want anything given to me.

Just make sure that you know what’s going on with your money and you know where you money is coming from and how much is coming out and going in.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

If I could just get better a little bit each year, then I did my job.

I love Boston, and Boston loves me.

That’s just me, growing up I’ve always had confidence.

I feel like Boston is a second home for me.

Trying to guard Kawhi on an island by yourself is tough. You gotta take the basket away and push him to your help. You want him to take a contested shot as far away from the basket as possible, because his mid-range game is phenomenal.

I think any player would tell you when you’ve got a coach that believes in you and you don’t have to be looking over your shoulder after every play you do, and you can just go out and play, that’s the coach you want to have on your team.

If you watch me for a long time, you’ll really understand and appreciate the way I play.

I always leave everything on the court, every game. Tell me how many other players can say that.

We can’t change the past. We can only get ready for the future.

To be honest, I’m worth more than 12-14 million. Just for the things I do on the court that don’t show up on the stat sheet. You don’t find guys like that.

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

My whole life I’ve worked. My whole life I’ve been counted out.

The uniqueness about me is I don’t do one thing perfectly or great. I do a little bit of everything. That’s what makes me so unique. I’m just trying to master a little bit of everything.

I have a great body for the NBA.

I’m not the best shooter and I’m not the best scorer, but you do have to respect me because I can go off.

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’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.

As a competitor, you’re always taught that you want win championships. You want to put yourself in the best place to do that.

Everybody who really knows me knows who I am, who I’m about and what I’m about.

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

For my future growth, I’m going to keep working. I’m going to put everything I have in it, and I think everybody knows that that’s just the type of person I am.

Thank God I had both parents and older brothers.

Make sure you’re building your brand early and make sure it’s a good brand so in life after basketball, you have an option and you have resources to help you with that.

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

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.

My mom and brothers are my heroes.

I’ve never backed down from a challenge.

My time at Oklahoma State and in Stillwater has been amazing. I met some amazing people, got to play with some great guys and great teammates, and I built some strong relationships and bonds there.