A biography for Matt Barneshasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“The league feels like it's their job to protect the referees more than the players.”
“There's no nightlife in Utah.”
“Running hard I can get some easy points, and I'm definitely going to keep doing that.”
“Ever since I lost my mom, I'm really just trying to give back. At first, we were doing screenings and paying for surgeries, but now I've been fortunate enough to team with UCLA, and we're creating a scholarship program for kids who beat cancer.”
“I just play hard.”
“Sometimes I act off emotion, but I also try to speak my mind. Take it or leave it, really.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about.”
“I've learned that everything is a slow process in the TV and movie industry.”
“If I don't start, I'd like to try to win Sixth Man of the Year. And whenever I'm on the court, I'm just going to give it my all.”
“I always wanted to do NBA Cares but they didn't want me to represent the league. I just did Matt Cares instead. I went to Africa by myself to do camps and clinics.”
“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.”
“I'm a target on and off the court. I've done some things I regret. But being a target is rough.”
“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 respect all my opponents, but I fear no one.”