Quotes from Metta World Peace

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

I had this ego that was unstable. If you said anything about me good or bad, it really went to my head.

I can play, it's not even a question, man. But, you know, sometimes you don't get in the game, man. What are you going to do? I'm not going to be upset; I'm going to support.

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

I didn't realize Oklahoma had so many fine women.

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 shake hands before the game.

I grew up playing basketball on the streets of New York City, and it was very, very rough, and I started playing in the NBA in the same way.

Far Rockaway is like the New Orleans of New York.

This media era is amazing. Twitter, Facebook, ESPN, news outlets everywhere.

Everybody has different issues, good or bad, that they carry with them on the court. It affects you. And for me, it affected me to where sometimes I would be overly aggressive and, in other ways, it would affect people to where they can't perform on the court.

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 stuck in one mind-frame.

I'm not afraid to address anything ever.

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

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

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

Earlier in my career, I just wanted to be an entertainer.

I don't want to play for any team. I prefer playing for a lower team and playing against the best. I don't like playing with them: I want to play against them... and beat them.