Ron Artest
Ron Artest
Metta World Peaceis an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He was known as Ron Artest before legally changing his name in September 2011...
broken stayed throughout together
There were a lot of times we could have broken down. But we didn't. We stayed together throughout this whole game.
played players smart team
He played good. He played real smart tonight. He's probably one of the better players on the team right now.
blessing fresh opportunity
I'm very excited, very excited. I feel like it's a fresh start, like it's a blessing that I've got an opportunity to play once again.
grow last learn mistakes trying
I mean, last season, I was 24 going on 25. Now, I am 25 going on 26. You grow up, you make mistakes and you learn from that. I am trying not to make the same mistakes.
break habit hard losing patch smoke winning
It's like when you smoke cigarettes, you've got to take that nicotine patch and break that habit. We've got a habit of losing right now. We need to get, like, a nicotine winning patch. We've got to break that habit of losing, because it can become a habit. . . . We're working hard to break that habit.
coming energy games home ready road san sure
There are going to be a lot of road games coming up. I'm sure San Antonio is going to be ready for us, so we've got to come in there with a lot of energy and confidence. We're on the road this whole playoffs, so that's where we've got to win. We've got to make it our home away from home.
bring fine guys hard home intensity kevin playing stepped stepping trip
We've been playing really hard at home and guys have been stepping up. Kevin stepped up again. We just need to bring this intensity with us on the road. I think we'll be fine on this trip as long as we play hard.
knew
You knew (Brad Miller) was going to come and play hard, that's what he's about.
attention people
We've had people's attention (for a while). I think people are going to come after us like we're the No. 1 seed, like we're favorites.
ball came care guys played took
We've got a lot of guys who play to win, ... We were down, but we didn't give up. We started out slow, but we played hard, took care of the ball and came out ahead.
ourselves
We've just got to give ourselves a chance.
arena energy
We've got to find energy in an arena that is not our own.
basketball both ends felt finish floor games good last playing
We just have to see what we did back then, and see what we're doing now. We're going to have to finish the last games off strong. I felt pretty good out there. Right now we're not playing both ends of the floor each game, only sometimes.
road
We're on the road this whole playoffs, so that's going to be our home. When we do come home, it'll be that much better.