Until my legs break off or I get paralyzed, I can play this way. It helps me be me. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I'm going to watch basketball regardless of whether I coach or watch it on TV. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I don't care if I'm starting or sweeping the floors. You hear me? I want to win. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
You can tell when somebody is chosen basketball-wise. You can tell. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
The thing about LeBron is he's very unselfish, right? So he can pass the ball. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I don't want to get stuck practicing basketball all day, so that's why I'm always moving: because I don't like to be… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I know we had a lot of wars on the court. The Pistons - those were the roughest games I ever played… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I grew up playing basketball on the streets of New York City, and it was very, very rough, and I started playing… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I believe in order to coach, you've got to start at the ground level. The same way I learned how to play… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough. When I came into the league, I was used to fighting on the court. That's… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
It's not all about becoming an NBA player; sometimes it's about becoming your best self and making the biggest impact you can… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
For years now, the Lakers have expressed interest in having me play for them, but we could never get the stars to… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I've had so much great teaching, and I'm one of the best defensive players to ever play the game on the wing. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
They better not put me in the All -Star Game. I won't shoot, but I'll dominate that easy game. I'll be playing… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I think coaches really do matter because they see the game, and we just play the game from a different point of… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I wanted to play in New York when I was in my prime and I was young, fierce, lock-down [defender]. Madison Square… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I have a street mind. My whole mindset when I first got to the NBA was, 'I'm bringing that street to the… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
For me, basketball was always about survival because I was just trying to get out the hood, right? When I got to… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I think in the history of basketball, people get hired and people get fired, but the main thing is people enjoy their… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
Everybody has different issues, good or bad, that they carry with them on the court. It affects you. And for me, it… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
Whatever is in the best interest of the Lakers, that's what's important to me. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I remember I came into the NBA in 1999; the game was a little bit more rough. The game now is more… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
As a kid, New York was in my blood, and that was it. I got a chance to play for the Knicks,… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I think, at the end of the game, guys gotta trust themselves more. I think sometimes - not myself, but sometimes, guys… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I coach a couple players. But it's not a thing where I'm going to hide and be that perfect mentor. I just… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I wanted to play in New York when I was in my prime and I was young, fierce, lock-down [defender]. Madison Square Garden, that… — Metta World Peace Copy Share
At 19 years old, when I came out of St. John's, I was fresh out the 'hood. I was fresh out of Queensbridge. — Metta World Peace Copy Share
Of course there have been times when I've done crazy things. But I don't think I'm crazy. I just grew up in a crazy… — Metta World Peace Copy Share
I believe in order to coach, you've got to start at the ground level. The same way I learned how to play basketball. — Metta World Peace Copy Share
I'm still ghetto. That's not going to change. I'm never going to change my culture. — Metta World Peace Copy Share
For me, basketball was always about survival because I was just trying to get out the hood, right? When I got to Chicago, I'm… — Metta World Peace Copy Share
I'd heard of the name 'Big Brother' before. I didn't realize that it was on TV for 20 years. My manager told me, ''Big… — Metta World Peace Copy Share
I think coaches really do matter because they see the game, and we just play the game from a different point of view, so… — Metta World Peace Copy Share
It's weird, the evolution of a person. You understand yourself, you understand your surroundings. Then, when you understand who came before you, once you… — Metta World Peace Copy Share
I shake everybody's hand before the game, but Oklahoma City, they don't shake hands. Only some of them, but I don't think they really… — Metta World Peace Copy Share
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