Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Barnes - Page 2

I was blessed to play 15 years, especially not even supposed to have made it. So, to be able to play 15 years, win a championship, I think that basketball chapter of my life is done.

I think social media is a double-edged sword for athletes and celebrities. I think sometimes it's the worst thing. It gives people who are kind of cowardly the opportunity to kind of take an open shot at you or your family and say the craziest, most outrageous thing that they can think of, knowing that they would never say that to your face.

Yeah, I'm doing some stuff behind the camera. Producing and directing. I feel like my face has been on TV enough in my lifetime that people don't need to see me like that anymore.

Athletes vs Cancer is a foundation that I started in 2008 after I lost my mom to cancer in 2007, and our goal is early detection, preventative screening and just really spreading knowledge about the cancer disease.

I've traveled the world, made a lot of money, met a lot of amazing people.

I don't have friends when I'm on the court, besides my team.

Good TV is not about people being happy; it's drama.

I've learned that everything is a slow process in the TV and movie industry.

I think people on Twitter know that I'm real and I speak from the heart most of the time, and sometimes I'm going to make a mistake.

Fatherhood is the best thing that ever happened to me.

It's tough to stay focused and be able to separate life from our job. We are paid to perform, and we are performers. You gotta have good brothers to lean on.

I just think that my road has been so difficult to get where I'm at that I don't take anything for granted.

I'm a target on and off the court. I've done some things I regret. But being a target is rough.

I'm a football player playing basketball.

I was one of those guys that really had to fight to make it in this league. Early on, I really had to do whatever it took, whether it be fight, rough people up, to make the team. I looked at it as it's either me or them - and it was going to be me.

There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about.

I kind of have a bad-guy reputation.

Everybody is looking for me to fail.

When you're going through a divorce it's hard.

I was the bad guy, the NBA bad guy.

Anytime that your name is up in a trade, I'm sure it can affect you mentally, and that obviously carries over to the court.

I'm listening to 2Pac the whole time. While I'm getting treatment, while I'm stretching, I'm listening to music.

Where I came from, my upbringing, the ups and downs it took to get my career started, when I made it, I played every game like it was my last game.

I've never had a huge contract.

I'm all for a great fan environment to cheer us if we're home and boo us if we're the opposing team. But some fans are over the line with the stuff they say, the stuff they do.

I hated Mo Cheeks.

If I look at a ref funny, I'm getting a tech. If I say anything wrong on the street, it's on Worldstar or TMZ.

There's no nightlife in Utah.

Everything I do is major news.

I realize that I'm one of those guys that if I'm not with you, you hate me. But when I'm with you, you understand who I am and what I'm about and love me.

Overall, Twitter has been a great tool for myself and my family as far as promoting our charity and the events we do and really just kind of interacting with our fans. But it can be in the negative form, and guys have to be careful.

It's a business when the NBA cuts you, trades you or waives you. But you're a villain, as a player, when you take your future and your happiness in your own hands and it's unfortunate.

People don't realize that everyone in the NBA is really good. The difference is having a coach that believes in you.

I'm a role player, a journeyman. I know who I am.

I respect all my opponents, but I fear no one.

With 2Pac you can't go wrong.

It's us against the world when you step out on that court.

I really feel blessed to be in a position I am, to even have an opportunity to play in the league.