big fan

New York Post Online Edition: sports: "Earlier in the day he was quoted in People magazine as saying, '[I'd] just like people to know how much I appreciate fans. You know, you've got fans, and 99.9 percent of them are great and 0.1 percent are jerks.'

Meanwhile, Artest is promoting his record label, Truwarier, and said that with his other career endeavors (a rap album, a possible book deal) he was staying optimistic.

'I'm trying to be positive,' he said. 'I'm a big fan of the Nobel Peace Prize.'"