Quotes from Metta World Peace

I remember I came into the NBA in 1999; the game was a little bit more rough. The game now is more for kids. It's not really a man's game anymore.

I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough. When I came into the league, I was used to fighting on the court. That's how I grew up playing basketball.

I've totally sacrificed my ego. And what happens? God is giving me everything.

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 Brother' wants you.' I said, 'I don't feel like watching it, and I don't know what I'm getting into.'

I always wanted to play in Europe for a long time. They move the ball, and they move bodies, and that's what I like doing.

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

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

Big Brother makes a game where it's competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it's an even match. When you compete 100%, it's a real competition.

I got bullied so much at 11 and 12 that I became the bully. I didn't want to get bullied no more. And that just carried on through my life.

Honestly, for me, when the Pacers win a championship, I'll feel a little bit better.

My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else.

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

I grew up in the 'hood, but it was like growing up in Beverly Hills because there were so many superstars around.

There's a lot of negativity in the world. I'm trying to be positive.

I believe in order to coach, you've got to start at the ground level. The same way I learned how to play basketball.

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

I wish I would have listened, when I was a kid, to my elders or people who had my best interests at heart, and then I wish I would have been more conscious at that age also.

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 understand that about yourself and the energy that you came to this planet with, you understand more about yourself.

I don't care if I'm starting or sweeping the floors. You hear me? I want to win.

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

It's hard to understand how you're feeling, or you don't even know. That's why sometimes people seek counseling.

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 world.

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

You can't prepare for something that you can't prepare for.