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This is Jane Pauli. Stephen A. Smith is a popular sports journalist, radio host, TV personality, and actor, known for his bluntness. He certainly didn't hold back in this conversation with Sunday morning's Robert Costa.

You're going a mile a minute. We've been tracking you for weeks, show after show, appearance after appearance.

You ever slowed down, Steven, and say, what would the kid from Hollis, Queens, think about all of this, the success?

No, I don't. The reason why is because I've had a lot of struggles in my life and my adult life.

And because I've had those struggles, to me, stopping scares me.

It teases complacency, hence towards it, and that's not something I believe I can afford to do.

So much so that my family, my friends, my loved ones, all share the same concerns.

Do you slow down?

When do you stop?

Et cetera, et cetera.

But I keep on going.

And...

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