Stephen A. Smith felt bad clashing with Tim Tebow on First Take: ‘I almost feel like I’m destined for hell.’
"He’s such a wonderful, wonderful human being and I almost feel like I deserve to be crucified for insulting him."
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Stephen A. Smith ‘don’t give a damn’ about riling JJ Redick: ‘I’ll check his ass, just like he’d check me.’
"Sometimes he could come across as arrogant as sh*t, and I love that too."
Stephen A. Smith rebukes Don Lemon while lauding Martha Stewart’s SI Swimsuit cover: ‘There is no prime’
"Ladies, none of y’all are beyond your prime. All y’all got it going on."
Stephen A. Smith applauds Robert De Niro for still getting it on at 79: ‘Ladies, you see?’
"That’s fantastic, do you have any idea what kind of hope that gives to men everywhere?"
Stephen A. Smith scoffs at uproar over Elon Musk attempting to sell blue check marks: ‘Welcome to America.’
"Did you think he was not gonna try to make money? He’s a bit weird. Looks weird! That’s his thing! He’s always trying to make money."
Doug Gottlieb blasts Stephen A. Smith’s weird Kawhi Leonard injury take
"I just have to ask, what in the actual f*ck is he talking about."
Stephen A. Smith would interview the KKK, but draws the line at going on Tucker Carlson’s show
"I can sit down and talk to the Ku Klux Klan, for interview purposes."
Stephen A. Smith and Clay Travis double-team cancel culture: ‘Everybody should be allowed to say whatever they think.’
"You used to want to get ahead by working your tail off…now you’re just waiting for somebody to mess up."
Clay Travis tells Stephen A. Smith he was unsure about leaving Fox Sports Radio for Rush Limbaugh’s show
"Most people would crawl on their hands and knees for this opportunity."
Stephen A. Smith: Dan Le Batard ‘was wrong when he came at me’
"I mention my resume to point to you, that there is a Black man in front of your face that you’re staring at right now who has earned what I have."
Stephen A. Smith goes off on looming Trump indictment: ‘This benefits him.’
"It’s playing right into his hands...You’re Donald Trump, what did you just do? You stole the headlines. You galvanized your base."
Stephen A. Smith on ‘coming’ ESPN cuts: ‘Hell, for all I know, I might be one of them.’
"Hell, for all I know, I might be one of them. Now I doubt that. But it’s possible. No one knows."
Stephen A. Smith slams Tucker Carlson’s ‘BS’ Jan. 6 coverage: ‘Who the hell are you fooling?’
"I just read you the names of five people who died. And you had the audacity to go on the air and try to highlight that there were peaceful protesters."
David Feherty would love to have Charles Barkley join LIV Golf
"He’s just a joy to be around. One of the kindest, nicest people that you’re ever going to meet in your life."
Pete Buttigieg tells Stephen A. Smith he’s trying to ‘cut through the misinformation’ over train derailment
"I’m trying to figure out how on earth are you gonna be able to pull something like that off."
Stephen A. Smith doesn’t think it was fair of ESPN to fire Donovan McNabb over past sexual harassment allegations in 2018
"We all know what you were accused of...and as a result of that you were taken off television. I still don’t think it was fair. I’m saying it for the record."
Stephen A. Smith believes ESPN got to a point where it was too much politics
"The sports fan got to a point where they were sending a message that they didn’t feel like their needs were being met"
Stephen A. Smith broke down Donald Trump’s demise: ‘Be careful what you wish for’
"Here’s the one thing I would say in Trump’s defense...Be careful what you wish for."
Hannah Storm feels gratification watching women sportscasters on TV: ‘I didn’t have any role models’
"Honestly, every time I see a woman on television that’s doing anything with sports it’s super gratifying"
Stephen A. Smith calls Jerry Jones’ ‘Nobody knew’ comments on photo ‘a damn lie’
"That's a damn lie. Now I'm not saying Jerry Jones is lying, but don't tell me no one there knew what was going on. Somebody did. That's why they were there. ...You didn't want them to desegregate the school."
Stephen A. Smith fires back against being ‘called a sellout and a c**n’ over his Jerry Jones defense
"One can only be called a sellout and a c**n and all of this other stuff but so much before you feel compelled to respond."
Stephen A. Smith wakes up daily feeling he’ll be canceled next: ‘We keep finding a reason to ostracize folks’
"They’re trying to eliminate your resume, your reputation, your credibility with one mistake."
Stephen A. Smith wonders if ‘it’s time to slow down’ after second bout with COVID-19
"Perhaps working nonstop ain’t the way to go."
Stephen A. Smith responds to Kanye West, says ‘I am not in the same boat’ as Kyrie Irving and Herschel Walker
"He put me in the same sentence as Herschel Walker, who's running for the Senate seat in Georgia, and Kyrie Irving. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not gonna disrespect anybody. Let me just say to you, that couldn’t be further from the truth."
Charlamagne Tha God tells Stephen A. Smith Kanye West can’t use mental health ‘as an excuse for bigotry’
"If we let Kanye use that as an excuse for bigotry, then every white supremacist can use that as an excuse for bigotry. You know, everybody that wants to be anti-Black, antisemitic…homophobic, whatever, they can use that as the reason, ‘Oh, I got, you know, mental health issues.’"