52 Quotes by J. R. Smith

Building stuff. Lifting blocks. That's how I got stronger. I never lifted weights. I just did masonry work with my pops.

I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.

When I grew up, I never - I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.

I definitely want to come back to Cleveland. The coaches, the team, everything about the situation, it's perfect for me.

Winning is obviously the biggest thing. Because if you don't win, nothing really matters. You can have all the money in the world, and they can still call you a loser.

I know a lot of people don't have their parents in their life - their mother, their father - but I've got the best two you could ask for, I swear.

Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.

Whenever someone says something bad about you, just confront them on it and just be a man and own up to it. If you said something you shouldn t have said, and it's important to somebody you need to talk to, you need to go talk to them. Be a man. Step up.

You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.