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Metta World Peace

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Metta World Peace dreamed of playing at Madison Square Garden when he was young and fierce. He talks about staying true to his ghetto roots and never changing his culture. He also tries to stay positive despite the negativity around him, seeing basketball as a way to survive and get out of the hood.

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Metta Sandiford-Artest, formerly Ron Artest, is an American former professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the NBA and was known as a strong perimeter defender.

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About Metta World Peace

Metta Sandiford-Artest, who was once called Ron Artest and later Metta World Peace, is an American former professional basketball player. He played 17 seasons in the NBA and was regarded as a tough perimeter lockdown defender. In college he played for the St. John’s Red Storm. He was selected in the first round of the 1999 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.

Quotes by Metta World Peace

I'm too direct.

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I don't care who I align with. Things happen naturally.

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Align

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I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.

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China

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Patience is weapon. I learned that from my Laker days.

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I'm always excited about life in general.

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I just like to stay ready for whatever presents itself.

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I'm not a player; I'm an alien.

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Alien

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When Kobe talks, I shut up and stay out of his way.

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I always like to make some jokes, sometimes.

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I'm still ghetto. That's not going to change. I'm never going to change my culture.

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Change

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I spent a lot of my career fighting coaches. When coaches told me don't shoot, I'd shoot anyway.

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Career

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If you can be the best from Queensbridge and actually make it out, then you must be pretty good.

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Metta World brings championship mentality. That's it. One thing. That's what I do.

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Championship

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The panda is a funny, lovable animal, which defends its territory well. It's strong but calm. It suits me perfectly.

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Animal

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The thing about LeBron is he's very unselfish, right? So he can pass the ball.

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Prodigy was definitely family... It definitely sucks not to have him here.

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You can tell when somebody is chosen basketball-wise. You can tell.

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Basketball

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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…

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As far as the pros, people pay to come and see us, and I appreciate it because I'm able to take care…

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For years now, the Lakers have expressed interest in having me play for them, but we could never get the stars to…

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I definitely want to thank my doctor, Dr. Sandy, um, my psychiatrist, she really helped me relax a lot, thank you so…

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Doctors

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When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary…

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I grew up playing basketball on the streets of New York City, and it was very, very rough, and I started playing…

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Basketball

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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…

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I got bullied so much at 11 and 12 that I became the bully. I didn't want to get bullied no more.…

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I started to music when I was about 19 years old. Most people that do music, they get training, or they develop…

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Fitness

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I'm not a player, I'm an alien. I wasn't actually there. I was in another galaxy with my galactic friends. My focus…

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Aliens

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Everybody has different issues, good or bad, that they carry with them on the court. It affects you. And for me, it…

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It's weird, the evolution of a person. You understand yourself, you understand your surroundings. Then, when you understand who came before you,…

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Energy

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I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York. I just wanted to win a…

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I'm not a 'real rapper'; I just like to talk about what I've been through. When I was younger, I just said…

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Lyrics

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Far Rockaway is like the New Orleans of New York.

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I'm not afraid to address anything ever.

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When you play angry, you can't focus.

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Anger

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The Lakers, they did a lot for me, so I like it here.

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Football

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I feel like I let people know I'm not a toy.

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When I was with the Bulls, I was very dysfunctional.

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I'm not going to sugarcoat myself. For what?

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The Earth is moving right now.

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Earth

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I'm one of the best all-around small forwards in the world.

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All around

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Metta World Peace by topic

Football (33) Play (14) Game (11) Basketball (11)