A biography for Metta World Peacehasn’t been written yet.
“If you can be the best from Queensbridge and actually make it out, then you must be pretty good.”
“If it was up to me, I'd have everybody's jersey different. Each player would have their separate one. I think the game should be a joy, I think the game should be colorful.”
“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.”
“This media era is amazing. Twitter, Facebook, ESPN, news outlets everywhere.”
“I have a street mind. My whole mindset when I first got to the NBA was, 'I'm bringing that street to the game,' and, 'I'm going to be the hardest guy on the court; I'm going to be the hardest guy on the planet.'”
“I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.”
“For me, I saw a psychologist because I wanted to connect more with people, with the earth, my environment. I want to connect more to my family.”
“At 19 years old, when I came out of St. John's, I was fresh out the 'hood. I was fresh out of Queensbridge.”
“I think coaches really do matter because they see the game, and we just play the game from a different point of view, so they're able to give us a lot of tips and a lot of pointers, and I think coaches are really, really important.”
“Prodigy was definitely family... It definitely sucks not to have him here.”
“When you play angry, you can't focus.”
“I believe in order to coach, you've got to start at the ground level. The same way I learned how to play basketball.”
“Metta World brings championship mentality. That's it. One thing. That's what I do.”
“I think in the history of basketball, people get hired and people get fired, but the main thing is people enjoy their careers and enjoy that they have jobs, so you really have to stay positive about everything.”
“Kobe is amazing. He's extremely competitive.”
“I'm a goofball. I'm always going to be that. I'm not going to change. If I got a head coaching job, I'm going to continue to laugh and have fun.”
“I'm not afraid to address anything ever.”
“I've totally sacrificed my ego. And what happens? God is giving me everything.”
“Sometimes it's good to be ready for the unpredictable. I'm glad that I can go through unpredictable situations. It's a good thing.”
“I don't care who I align with. Things happen naturally.”