Ron Artest Quotes (57 Quotes)

It doesn't matter. We're family. Family's got to argue sometimes. At the end of the day, brothers still love brothers. Sisters still love sisters. But there's no girls on the team.

After missing 73 games, the team really stuck in there. The good thing about it is, we are not 100 percent, but we really wanted to win this game and we did.

It was good to get a win. All the games are tough right now. We came here to get a win. We worked hard and deserved to win tonight.

(The official) got in the way by mistake and the ball hit his foot. It was one of those games. We'll get it back, though.

I've said it a thousand times. Referees miss calls. They missed that one, too.

I still think my past haunts me here. I think somewhere else I'm starting fresh. I'm coming in with baggage but people already know about it and how I'm going to be. Either they're going to be for me or they're not going to trade for me. Here I think my past haunts me.

Nah. I'm not looking to do that. I'm keeping the same perception.

They killed us on the boards, but we kept playing. But that's the game of basketball. If they kill you on the boards, there's always something else you can do to win the game.

Today it was just a bad game. I'm just going to watch the tape and see what we did wrong. I felt pretty good. This game was a lot of errors, I just have to check it out. We had a lot of chances to still win. We've got to get back to how we were playing a couple of weeks ago. We're not playing both ends (of the floor) every game, only sometimes.

It's the first time in a long time that I've been complimented on my leadership skills. Partly it was my fault that I hadn't been complimented in the past. Maybe some people just weren't recognizing.

They were nice boos, ... They had to do that because they had nothing else to do. I am not paying attention to it.

I mean, last season, I was 24 going on 25. Now, I am 25 going on 26. You grow up, you make mistakes and you learn from that. I am trying not to make the same mistakes.

We were in good position to win, but we came out a little sluggish in the second half, but we'll do much better next time. Phoenix came out ready to play and they out shot us. We scored enough to win, we shot well, but our defense was suspect. I just think we'll do better next time. We made a couple of mistakes, but I know next time we'll be ready. It's not that disappointing because we should have won.

We had a legitimate shot (at a title). We would have been the best team in the East, and (Detroit) took San Antonio to Game 7. That could have been us. I wouldn't say I feel guilty. I just feel I have to win a championship.

He made some good shots. It's just part of the game. I had some battles that I won and he had some battles he won. But tonight we lost as a team, so that is the only thing that counts.

Sac is different. I love Indiana, but it's different out here. The crowd is unbelievable. When I was in Indy, the crowd fed off me. Here, sometimes I wasn't even in the game, and they were going crazy.

It's a new team, a new beginning, jumping right into the fire, right in the middle of the season. I think I'm going to catch on really fast.

We're not finished. We've got a long season ahead of us. We're far from done. Our goal is to come out of this year No. 1, and win a championship.

I feel like Ben Wallace stole it. Well, he didn't steal it, but I feel like I gave him three defensive player of the years. I gave him one that year I got in trouble ... that year I was suspended.

He carried us, he had energy. I loved it. It was cool. I love taunting. They need to apply that in the games. Legalize it. Legalize taunting.

They should just give it to me. Guys are having 40 (point games), and they play against me and don't get nothing. I'm playing some good D.

I saw the team that I was traded to and I just figured we were good enough to get in the playoffs. I still feel we have a championship caliber team. We're in the playoffs and now our goal is to win the whole thing. Everybody on this team is committed. We're going to walk the walk.

I know him. He's a cool cat. I think he's from the 'hood. It's good he's showing us some support. I can't wait until he comes to Indiana. Indiana fans are looking forward to seeing him.

(The fans) understand that we're trying to make the playoffs. In order to do that, we're gonna need our fans. Now we have to go on the road and show some toughness on the road.

It feels like high school again. I had a really good team, and I was a much better leader. When I got in college and the NBA, I became selfish. Now, I'm back to my high school days.

I'm still going to be playing hard, out of control, just wild like an animal,

We got brain-locked in the fourth.

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.

I figure I have to do something else now. Rebound, play defense, get some assists. I'm going to take shots, but they are going to fall in crunch time. They may not fall as much as they used to, but they are going to fall, so I'm not going to be shy about shooting.

(Music star) Jay Z, he pays millions of dollars for promotion, and I'm getting it for free.

It was just one of those games.

Maybe I did something on TV and somebody is like, Man, that kid's out of control.' Or they say, He needs to change a little bit.' But they care,

I'm very excited, very excited. I feel like it's a fresh start, like it's a blessing that I've got an opportunity to play once again.

I'm going to continue playing hard and out of control, like a wild animal that needs to be caged in. I'll let the referees handle it.

It was really cool. I was back after the long suspension and they gave me an ovation. I liked that they were behind me. It's important that I go out there and do the right thing on the court and stay on the court this year.

I'm going to definitely take it upon myself to make sure we don't get in situations like we have in these last four or five games. I take it upon myself to make sure we win, and I'm sure people will follow. We did it once before, we'll do it again.

It was great. The fans were great. They were nice boos. They had to do that because they had nothing else to do. I will probably expect it (boos all season), but when I get to the arena and it is time to play, then it will be all about playing basketball.

We've got a lot of guys who play to win, ... We were down, but we didn't give up. We started out slow, but we played hard, took care of the ball and came out ahead.

You've got to be ready at all times. They have a really good team and they showed us some things we needed to see. They can really shoot the ball. If you leave them open a little bit, they're going to hit shots.

I'm not like the savior. I can bring hustle, clutch shots and intensity to the game. My job is to make this team better. We have the opportunity to do something special this year, and I'm just trying to take advantage of it.

There were a lot of times we could have broken down. But we didn't. We stayed together throughout this whole game.

I can't wait until he comes to Indiana, ... Indiana fans can't wait to see him.

I'll go anywhere. I just want to get back on the basketball court and start playing again.

We've had people's attention (for a while). I think people are going to come after us like we're the No. 1 seed, like we're favorites.

Young guys need to be reminded of what it takes to be a good defensive player. I just try to help out and tell guys what other guys told me when I came in the league.

There are going to be a lot of road games coming up. I'm sure San Antonio is going to be ready for us, so we've got to come in there with a lot of energy and confidence. We're on the road this whole playoffs, so that's where we've got to win. We've got to make it our home away from home.

Ostertag came at me with his body. He really came and went for the body first and the ball second.

It's happened to me before. It wasn't, like, the first time. I'm a little bit (more) able to deal with it and bounce back and be that much better. . . . I'm not going to think about putting the team on my shoulders. We're just going to think about winning games the same way we've been winning games.

We needed (a win) bad. One thing I like about this team is guys have confidence in each other. This was another test, but we were at home this time. I'm in better shape. This game was more comfortable (for me) and it's going to get better.

There's no trade right now, but they (the Pacers) said they were going to try to get something sorted out to get the trade done.