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...
defensive intensity
Our defensive intensity wasn't there. We slacked a little bit.
ball body came
Ostertag came at me with his body. He really came and went for the body first and the ball second.
team underdogs
I don't even think we're the underdogs any more. I think we're the team to beat, just by how we've been playing.
families family perfect situation support trying
Me and my family were trying to do something for the families in New Orleans, and this is the perfect situation to do it. I'm going to go down there and show support for those people.
dollars jay millions music pays
(Music star) Jay Z, he pays millions of dollars for promotion, and I'm getting it for free.
counting except maybe nobody
Nobody is counting us out, except maybe Spurs fans. We'll be all right.
ready surprised
I was surprised he did that. I was ready for it.
against full rather team
I would rather have him play. You don't want to play against a team that's not full strength.
anybody reacting stands throw
No, I don't think anybody is going to throw anything at me from the stands and I don't see me reacting how I reacted.
finish last three won
We won the last three quarters, we just couldn't finish the job.
best mentally stayed tough
We stayed mentally tough the whole game. That was the best feeling.
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.
bit bother couple fatigue games
It's going to take me a couple of games to get into shape, but I'm a fighter. I'm not going to let a little bit of fatigue bother me.
favorite following playing tv watching
Its fun. I still feel like a little kid, watching it on TV and following my favorite players. I'm still watching. But now I'm playing in it, so it's kind of weird.