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The panda is a funny, lovable animal, which defends its territory well. It's strong but calm. It suits me perfectly.
Metta World Peace / Basketball Player
Calm
Lovable
Suits
Territory
Defends
Perfectly
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Of course there have been times when I've done crazy things. But I don't think I'm crazy. I just grew up in a crazy world.
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Crazy Things
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I definitely want to thank my doctor, Dr. Sandy, um, my psychiatrist, she really helped me relax a lot, thank you so much.
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Doctors
Nba
Relax
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I don't feel bad about telling somebody I see a psychologist. I don't feel that you should feel bad about improving yourself.
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Improving
Psychologist
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I continue to learn about myself, about my past, understanding energy between people, understanding my own energy, being healthy.
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Healthy
Understanding
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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.
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Glad
Good Thing
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It's not all about becoming an NBA player; sometimes it's about becoming your best self and making the biggest impact you can make.
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Nba
Best Sometimes Your
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Some things you do-or you're about to do-you can just be like, 'Hey, don't do that because it means trouble.' So I've got to back off.
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Hey
Mean
Trouble
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Gluten-free pasta is not a focus, which I would rather have gluten-free pasta. Hey, if I have to have regular pasta... It is what it is.
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Hey
It Is What It Is
Pasta
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I got bullied so much at 11 and 12 that I became the bully. I didn't want to get bullied no more. And that just carried on through my life.
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Life My Life More
Carried
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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.
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Nba
New York City
Rough
Streets
City New Way
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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.
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Stuck
All Day
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I'm not a player, I'm an alien...My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else. Aliens only want to win championships.
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Focus
Player
Winning
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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.
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Psychologist
Family Me People
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For years now, the Lakers have expressed interest in having me play for them, but we could never get the stars to align. I'm finally a Laker...
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Play
Stars
Years
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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.
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Have Fun
Laugh
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I remember I came into the NBA in 1999; the game was a little bit more rough. The game now is more for kids. It's not really a man's game anymore.
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Nba
Rough
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I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough. When I came into the league, I was used to fighting on the court. That's how I grew up playing basketball.
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Accustomed
Rough
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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.
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Oklahoma
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I coach a couple players. But it's not a thing where I'm going to hide and be that perfect mentor. I just give them the best advice I can and live my life accordingly.
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Advice
Life Best My Life
Accordingly
Life Best Live
Coach
Hide
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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.
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Colorful
Jersey
Game Me Joy
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I wish I would have listened, when I was a kid, to my elders or people who had my best interests at heart, and then I wish I would have been more conscious at that age also.
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Conscious
Elders
Best Interests
Listened
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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.
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Upset
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As far as the pros, people pay to come and see us, and I appreciate it because I'm able to take care of my family. So I don't really judge fans about what they say, good or bad.
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Pros
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What happened was, when I got into the brawl in Detroit, I was transitioning into a different type of person, that person that I've become, but that game had so many emotions involved.
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Detroit
Different Type
Transitioning
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Big Brother makes a game where it's competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it's an even match. When you compete 100%, it's a real competition.
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Mentally
Big Brother
Compete
Emotionally
Handicap
Strategically
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When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.
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Legendary
Lebron
Guard
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People who have followed my career still call me Ron, and that's OK; most of the young kids call me Metta, and then everyone in China calls me Panda. In the Middle East, they call me World Peace.
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China
East
Middle
Middle East
Young
Peace World Me
Everyone
Call
Calls
Career
Followed
Ron
World Peace
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I wanted to play in New York when I was in my prime and I was young, fierce, lock-down [defender]. Madison Square Garden, that would have been sick. But right now, China is way more adventurous for me.
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New York
Garden
Squares
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Having a record company and putting out my own CD. There's clothes and shoes. There's also an upcoming book deal that I'm trying to do. I'm trying to be positive. I'm a big fan of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Sports
Book
Clothes
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I'm from Queensbridge. It's the largest housing project in New York. And growing up in Queens, it was different because I wasn't really experienced in traveling to the City. I never really got used to the City.
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Queens
Housing
City New Never
Experienced
Largest
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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.
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Jobs
Positive
Basketball
Careers
Fired
Hired
Main
Main Thing
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For me, basketball was always about survival because I was just trying to get out the hood, right? When I got to Chicago, I'm like, 'I'm just trying to survive, and anybody I got to step on or break, so be it.'
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Hood
Survival
To Survive
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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.'
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Mindset
Nba
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They better not put me in the All -Star Game. I won't shoot, but I'll dominate that easy game. I'll be playing hard defense. I'll be foulin'. I'll be flagrant fouling. Everyone will be like, 'What are you doing?'
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Funny
Nba
Stars
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I'd heard of the name 'Big Brother' before. I didn't realize that it was on TV for 20 years. My manager told me, ''Big Brother' wants you.' I said, 'I don't feel like watching it, and I don't know what I'm getting into.'
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Me Feel Know
Big Brother
Manager
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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.
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Coaches
Point Of View
Tips
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I'm just happy that Jesus Christ, um, did not let me lose my teeth when I was 20 years old. 'Cause I was wondering, like, what if you kept your baby teeth until the age of 18 or 20, and then you lose 'em? That would look pretty bad.
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Jesus
Christ
Jesus Christ
Teeth
What If
Age Your Me
Age Look Me
Um
Wondering
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I started to music when I was about 19 years old. Most people that do music, they get training, or they develop themselves before they let their music out. For myself, I was actually developing myself and putting my music out at the same time.
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Developing
Time Music Myself
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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.
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Aggressive
Good Me Bad
Affect
Good Where Me
Overly
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I'm not a 'real rapper'; I just like to talk about what I've been through. When I was younger, I just said random, stupid lyrics and censored myself because I was worried about what people would think. But now I've become more mature with my words and uncensored.
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Censored
Mature
Worried
Uncensored
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It's weird, the evolution of a person. You understand yourself, you understand your surroundings. Then, when you understand who came before you, once you understand that about yourself and the energy that you came to this planet with, you understand more about yourself.
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Surroundings
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I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York. I just wanted to win a championship; I didn't even know who was coaching. I didn't care. It could have been Aunt Jemima. They could have had the syrup coaching. I was coming here regardless. I just wanted to win a championship here.
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New York
Aunt
Winning
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I'm not a player, I'm an alien. I wasn't actually there. I was in another galaxy with my galactic friends. My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else. Aliens only want to win championships. That's it. Injuries is not a focus. Trade talk is not a focus. Nothing is a focus. Gluten-free pasta is not a focus, which I would rather have gluten-free pasta. Hey, if I have to have regular pasta. ... It is what it is. I'm still going to try to win a championship. Nothing will distract me from my focus, my galactic mind.
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Focus
Player
Winning
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