Metta World Peace Quotes

It's a violent sport. It's meant to be that way.

Football is a violent, competitive game. That's the way it was always meant to be played. You are supposed to play with an edge. You are actually supposed to impose your will on the other person to win.

Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.

It's no secret that I enjoyed the physical side when I was a player. I was a bumps-and-bruises man.

The way I approach things is that I'm a physical player.

I've always been a physical player.

I feel like when I play, I play tough. That's the New York in me. That's the street tournaments.

I'm not the most delicate - I'm not the most graceful person, and I like playing a sport where being not delicate and not graceful is actually a good thing.

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.

I don't go out looking to make spectacular plays. I just try to come in and be a physical presence inside.

English football is very physical, much more so than Spanish football - I felt it in the first match.

When we were playing, it was rough and tough. Even superstars like me fouled out a lot.

When I played, you had a lot of enforcers. You would go to the hole, get knocked down, and the referee would look at you and say, 'Get stronger, get up, and keep playing.'

This sport is brutal. This sport is a hard sport.

You can't tap somebody in the helmet and say, 'Go be physical.' If you're not physical, you can't play physical, and that's a big part of what we believe in.

I love offensive physicality.

You know that when you come to England, there are a lot of players who like to play a more physical game.

Give me the action. I come from a place of fighters. My father was a fighter, a boxer, and Penny loves to box. So give it to me until my body won't do it anymore. Bring it on.

Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don't like being roughed up. They're not used to that.

I like to be aggressive, I like to finish fights.

I feel like I'm one of the most physical players in the league - I love contact. I love attacking. I love going to the free throw line.

The one bad thing sometimes when you switch 1 through 5, guys think it's easier and they relax. You have to be just as aggressive. If we're going to switch 1 through 5 we got to meet that point of entry at the ball and be physical.

This ain't no garden party, brother, thisis wrestling, where only the strongest survive.

You can't go into the ring and be a nice guy.

I'm a fairly emotional guy and a fairly kind of aggressive player who some people - especially defensive guys - don't like on the field.