There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.

He was recognized in 2000 as Child Advocate of the Year by the Children's Home Society and received the Florida Governor's Points of Light award in 2007 for his philanthropy in his home state. Off the court Carter establiVince Carterd his Embassy of Hope Foundation assisting children and their families in Florida New Jersey and Toronto. He joined the Mavericks in 2011.