“You understand what your eyes mean to you, but it's different when you...” — Marcus Smart Quote

“You understand what your eyes mean to you, but it's different when you have to go through something like I did, where it's a possibility you could have lost your eyesight. It puts things back into perspective for you and humbles you a little bit.”

“I'm the youngest of four boys. My whole life I had to fight. I had to get down and do things in order to secure my spot in the household. So, coming onto the court, it's nothing different.”

“I've always said, 'Before you see the rainbow, it has to storm.'”

“Trying to guard Kawhi on an island by yourself is tough. You gotta take the basket away and push him to your help. You want him to take a contested shot as far away from the basket as possible, because his mid-range game is phenomenal.”

“Just make sure that you know what's going on with your money and you know where you money is coming from and how much is coming out and going in.”

“The uniqueness about me is I don't do one thing perfectly or great. I do a little bit of everything. That's what makes me so unique. I'm just trying to master a little bit of everything.”

“I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.”

“I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.”

“Just pray for your health and strength, hearing and eyesight, and an active mind.”

“Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.”

“I would have become a pilot if it wasn't for my poor eyesight and the fact that I am hopeless in science.”

“My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.”