ESPN MAG: Ron Artest

[H00PDREAMS]

INSTANT CLASSIC INTERVIEW
Ron Artest on Ron Artest

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5417748

Spencer Hawes on Ron Artest on Spencer Hawes

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5414643

[dirtymike]

Ron is a classic!!! Dude is the realest of the real. He now recognizes his faults and mistakes! Love this guy! Glad he is a Laker!

[StarneyBinston]

Thanks for posting it!!! Funny and interesting read!

[chyau.00]

woww...this guy is amazing lol

[Sedale Threatt]

I love his quote about wanting to play Jordan. "He'd probably bust my ass." Say what you want about Ron, but what you see is pretty much what you get. Can't say that about many people.

[miggs]

Hahaha i LOVE hearing Ron talk, dude's entertaining as hell! I can't get enough of it

[WorthyLaker42]

great article! it would be LEGEND if you could drink with this guy and listen to the random things he talks about haha. thanks for the post!

[Pablo Escobar]

Artest keeps it real

[brandonkb8]

Im glad we won the finals cuz if we didnt everyone would be demanding ron to get traded. haha.

[tugs]

NOW THAT YOU'VE WON A TITLE, DO YOU STILL HAVE ANY PERSONAL GOALS IN THE NBA?
I would love to get back to first-team All-Defense. I own defense. It's like my corporation. I'm the CEO and everyone else is just an employee. The fans and players know I belong. When you need a stop, who you going to call? Not the goddamn Ghostbusters, I'll tell you that. You call me.

[theExpert]

‘At 15 I started to get twisted, and at 16 I was getting lit up on a regular basis.’

Ron Artest graced the cover of this week’s ESPN The Magazine. In it he discusses a whole lot of things, none more interesting than, well, everything. Here are a few tidbits: “‘Alcohol was part of the problem. At 15 I started to get twisted, and at 16 I was getting lit up on a regular basis. By the time the Bulls drafted me, I’d drink in the house all day, then go play a game. But I stopped drinking heavily in Sacramento. I’m sure I wouldn’t have made the same mistakes if I hadn’t been drinking. Was I crazy, or was I not sober enough to have a clear mind? That’s the question.’

‘I’m much more mellow now. I can control myself on the court. If I get fouled, I say what I gotta say and move on. I don’t mind being punked anymore. If someone gets in my face, I just walk away. Against the Celtics in the Finals, Tony Allen got in my face, but I don’t got the time for Tony Allen. Now, if you’re a star and you’re talking trash, I’ll talk back. All series long, Paul Pierce was talking: ‘You’re a bum, you can’t score, you can’t guard me, I’m busting your ass.’ Everything.’

‘[I'm most at peace] at the beach. Man, give me a mango drink, some sand, that water, and it’s all good. I love running in the sand. But sometimes I’m scared as hell of water. Whenever I’m out there, I’m thinking, Damn, some tidal wave is about to come! Okay, so maybe I’m not totally at peace at the beach.’”

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[Joe Kleazy]

DO YOU STILL WANT TO PLAY FOR TEAM USA?
I want a gold medal so bad, I'd be the water boy. But they won't even let me try out! I've been trying to get on that team forever. Three years ago, I called Jerry Colangelo. He answered the phone. I said, "Hi, this is Ron Artest," and the dude hung up! At least let me try out. Give me a chance to represent the ghettos of America. Come on, Team USA! I don't have much time left.