Marcus Smart Quotes

I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going.

As soon as I step on the field, totally different person. As soon as I step off, I go back to who I've always been.

People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert.

What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.

Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating.

I think that's one of the first things you'd say if you met me: that I am just nice and smiley. And that's how I might appear when I'm not competing. But I'm totally different when it comes to sport. It's just something that seems to be within me. It's not external or visual. But it's within me.

I tell people all the time, men don't talk to me. Even before I was a household name or whatever, when I went to clubs, people were scared to come to me because of the way I looked.

I think everybody is intimidated by Jack Nicholson. But he was really nice to work with.

I believe that I am a different person off the pitch than I am on it. On the pitch, I am a bit louder, and off the pitch, I am quieter.

I'm not the same person on the court. I'm different when I'm off the court. Off the court, I don't need to be aggressive or anything.

I'd rather have most of my life private. So, what you do see in me is on the court, and on the court, I am competitive. I'm an irritant to the other team. Emotional. Fired up. And so that's what people see, and that's what they judge off of.

People just get to see me onstage, and they don't get whole of me.

I have to win, even if I'm just playing ping pong.

I love winning, I love playing to win. You need some of that to be a bowler. You need to have a hatred for the batsman to make sure you have that real fire to perform.

Honestly, I'm so competitive that sometimes I don't understand what other people are going through.

Years before 'Tough Enough' came out - and I still have the papers - I filled out the entire application but never sent it in. I was like this is perfect, it's sports, I'm competitive, I could do that.

Do you need an aggressive streak to thrive? You could say that. A lot of the great players have that mentality.

People are usually scared of me because of the arrogant character I play. They stare at me with fear that I might just scold them and often run away from me.

It is about building the best team you can, not just one to play in the Championship. You look short-term because you need to be competitive, that's the nature of the business. But it's exciting to have players whose potential is exciting.

I'm versatile in every part of my game - except being nice, which I am only at home.

You get frustrated because you're so competitive and you want to win every drill.

Once I step over that white line I become The Bowler.

Anything I do that's competitive, I try to win. That's the way I've always been, and I like to keep it that way no matter what I'm doing.

In the ring I'm a different animal.

I am more aggressive than others, being a sportsman.