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...
caliber everybody figured goal good playoffs saw team traded walk win
I saw the team that I was traded to and I just figured we were good enough to get in the playoffs. I still feel we have a championship caliber team. We're in the playoffs and now our goal is to win the whole thing. Everybody on this team is committed. We're going to walk the walk.
career friday game happened hopefully support talked win
I talked to Stu Jackson, which was encouraging. There have been a lot of things that have happened in my career which (were) unfair. I support my teammates, and hopefully they'll win the game, and I'll be back Friday (for Game 3).
ahead far goal season win year
We're not finished. We've got a long season ahead of us. We're far from done. Our goal is to come out of this year No. 1, and win a championship.
alone celebrate coming game leave maybe win
We've got to take this win and maybe celebrate for 10 minutes, (then) leave it alone because there's a new game coming up on Sunday.
best game legitimate san shot team took win
We had a legitimate shot (at a title). We would have been the best team in the East, and (Detroit) took San Antonio to Game 7. That could have been us. I wouldn't say I feel guilty. I just feel I have to win a championship.
game good missing stuck team win
After missing 73 games, the team really stuck in there. The good thing about it is, we are not 100 percent, but we really wanted to win this game and we did.
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.
came deserved games good hard tough win worked
It was good to get a win. All the games are tough right now. We came here to get a win. We worked hard and deserved to win tonight.
bit bounce deal games happened putting team winning
It's happened to me before. It wasn't, like, the first time. I'm a little bit (more) able to deal with it and bounce back and be that much better. . . . I'm not going to think about putting the team on my shoulders. We're just going to think about winning games the same way we've been winning games.
adjusted defensive fine good great last nba player playing slide style year
I think when I got Defensive Player of the Year I was playing great defense. Last year when they implemented those new rules, I was still playing very good defense. I just have to get adjusted to the NBA style of play. It will be fine because I can still slide my feet.
learned somebody stands street throws
I think any person on the street would have done the same thing, ... I just learned that if somebody from the stands throws something at you, don't do anything back or you'll get suspended.
argue brothers girls love sisters
It doesn't matter. We're family. Family's got to argue sometimes. At the end of the day, brothers still love brothers. Sisters still love sisters. But there's no girls on the team.
baggage coming either haunts past people somewhere starting trade
I still think my past haunts me here. I think somewhere else I'm starting fresh. I'm coming in with baggage but people already know about it and how I'm going to be. Either they're going to be for me or they're not going to trade for me. Here I think my past haunts me.
bit experience nice shoot
I think more experience . . . my (jumper) is a little bit more wet, ... When I shoot it, it's so nice and pure. I'm more automatic.