Metta World Peace Quotes

I don't think there's a man on the earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball.

I just play the game. I'm used to trash talking.

I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.

I can play against anyone; I can win against anyone.

When I put my helmet on, I'm ultra competitive, talking trash.

I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.

You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.

I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose.

The Williams girls compete extremely hard on court because they hate losing - it's just that they haven't played an awful lot of tennis over the years.

I thrive on physical confrontation. It's a competitive juice in me. I'm always going to have that in the back of my mind. So whether I'm 49, 59, 69 or 109, I'm always going to think that I can go out and compete.

I never chased around with the opposition or got too well acquainted with them, because when the time in the ballgame came up where I had to pitch inside, I didn't want to hesitate.

When I walk out there on court, I become a maniac... Something comes over me, man.

I think I play with no fear: I run at players regardless of who they are and try to make a difference.

To be able to win one game at Old Trafford or at one of the other strong sides in the country you have to be strong as a squad. You have to have the personality and the character to not fear and to be yourselves.

If I play against you the first time - or it doesn't even have to be the first time - and you want to be all physical and just talk, or talking trash or whatever, it just gets me going.

I still wanna keep my aggressive ways and let my skills be on display.

I'm the type of player, once I get in there, I'm locked in. I'm trying to win.

As an athlete, as a competitor, any person would tell you they're the best. I truly believe that in myself.

I think - you know, I want to intimidate people when I'm on the field. I want people to be scared of me. That's just kind of the nature of who I am as a person and player. But I also know that you have to be emotional. You have to be in touch with your feelings. I think that's important.

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.

I love winning, I love playing to win. You need some of that to be a bowler. You need to have a hatred for the batsman to make sure you have that real fire to perform.

With my mentality, I'm one-on-one, I'm going to win. No matter who's out there, I don't really care.

Michael, to me, he was an assassin. He was one of those guys that prepared himself extremely well and was relentless in his attacking. And there are a few guys who have that mentality. I think Kobe Bryant has that type of mentality, and LeBron has that type of mentality.

No player can step on court against me and feel confident that they will come out the winner.