Football Quotes by Matt Barnes

I just play hard.

— Matt Barnes

Refs need to get over themselves.

— Matt Barnes

Until you get that championship, nobody's good enough.

— Matt Barnes

I'm a football player playing basketball.

— Matt Barnes

We can't beat any team by ourselves.

— Matt Barnes

I don't have friends when I'm on the court, besides my team.

— Matt Barnes

I was the bad guy, the NBA bad guy.

— Matt Barnes

You can't take a night off in the NBA.

— Matt Barnes

It starts on the defensive end, but it's also just the ball movement and holding everyone accountable.

— Matt Barnes

The NBA never wanted to use me to market their work even though I have a huge following and lots of fans.…

— Matt Barnes

There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about.

— Matt Barnes

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…

— Matt Barnes

Anytime that your name is up in a trade, I'm sure it can affect you mentally, and that obviously carries over to…

— Matt Barnes

Being traded and moving teams, it's difficult, especially when you have families.

— Matt Barnes

If you take the chance to get to know me off the court, you'll see that I'm not the bad guy that…

— Matt Barnes

Once I stopped playing I didn't have the urge or drive to play again.

— Matt Barnes

You have to stay locked in. You're so locked in on guarding your guy you figure when the ball goes up the…

— Matt Barnes

In the NBA you better come to play every night, where in the NBDL the talent level just isn't there and maybe…

— Matt Barnes

It's a business when the NBA cuts you, trades you or waives you. But you're a villain, as a player, when you…

— Matt Barnes

I mean, don't get me wrong, being ref is a very tough job - managing 10 of the best athletes in the…

— Matt Barnes

I was blessed to play 15 years, especially not even supposed to have made it. So, to be able to play 15…

— Matt Barnes

I always wanted to do NBA Cares but they didn't want me to represent the league. I just did Matt Cares instead.…

— Matt Barnes

I grew up in the '80s in an era that was tough. The Pistons, Celtics, Knicks, Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason. It wasn't…

— Matt Barnes

I was playing tackle football in the street at five years old. Always being physical. Always being tough, just like a man's…

— Matt Barnes

The league feels like it's their job to protect the referees more than the players.

— Matt Barnes

It comes with experience and learning and knowing the game. It's not necessarily about sticking your chest out and saying, 'I'm tough.'

— Matt Barnes

I mean, this is basketball, you have a lot of different teammates and you move around a lot, to find true friends…

— Matt Barnes

Running in transition and scoring in transition, prevents you from setting your defense up on the other side.

— Matt Barnes