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“I care about how I carry and present myself.”
“There are many dimensions to Stephen A.”
“I've been on MSNBC and CNN and Fox News. Not just Fox News, not just CNN.”
“I climbed up this business.”
“I can't stand people who look into the camera and look into the eyes of millions of people and wax political correctness.”
“Like, when they say to me, 'Screamin' A.' - I'm the only dude on the air who's loud? I know plenty of white dudes who are screaming and going off. They're called passionate. I'm called loud.”
“I'm associated with Walt Disney, but dammit, everybody knows that I'm a bottom feeder.”
“I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.' You feel a tremendous responsibility, not to take the black side of things but to make sure that side gets heard, because if I don't do it, who's going to do it?”
“If I'm hated, so what? If I'm loved, so what?”
“Everyone that knows me knows I'm about winning.”
“My father is from the West Indies, the St. Thomas Virgin Islands.”
“When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general assignment to beats on St. Joe's and Temple, to backup writer, to NBA writer, to NBA columnist, to, ultimately, in 2003, to general sports columns.”
“Once upon a time, it was hard to decipher what was more difficult to stomach: the foolish, detrimental behavior of a professional athlete or the apologists disguised as their inner circle, eager to excuse the inexcusable. And then there came Allen Iverson, who didn't make it difficult at all.”
“When we got home from school, every TV in the house was on 'General Hospital,' so if I wanted to watch TV instead of do homework, I had to watch 'General Hospital.'”
“I think a lot about me is humble.”
“The role that people think I play is not a role. When I go home, and I'm with my sisters, I'm the same way. When I'm with my boys, I'm the same way.”
“You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me.”
“When the presidential debates are on, I'll watch that like it's the Super Bowl. I actually thoroughly enjoy that. I always have.”
“My family was heavily into sports.”
“I prefer turkey to other potential sandwich meats. Turkey is delicious, and the turkey and cheese sandwich is my personal favorite. It doesn't upset my stomach, and I like to have it once or twice week.”