Ohhh really?! Former NBA star Dennis Rodman thinks that he should be considered for a Nobel Peace Prize (an honor that has been bestowed on the likes of Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King Jr.). Why you ask?!
Find out what Rodman had to say in a recent Sports Illustrated interview after the jump.
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Via CBSNews:
In an interview with Sports Illustrated, the fierce rebounder-turned-gentle-diplomat said his “mission is to break the ice between hostile countries.”
Rodman famously visited North Korea in February and sat next to Kim Jong Un – a diehard basketball fan – as they watched an exhibition game. The trip irked the U.S. government at a time of escalating tensions between Pyongyang and Washington.
“Why it’s been left to me to smooth things over, I don’t know. Dennis Rodman, of all people,” said the former NBA forward, who tallied 212 technical fouls in his NBA career. “But I’ll tell you this: If I don’t finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something’s seriously wrong.”
Rodman also told the magazine that he plans to go back to North Korea in August to visit Kim – a.k.a. his “friend for life.”
“I’m just gonna chill, play some basketball and maybe go on vacation with Kim and his family,” Rodman said.
* FULL SI INTERVIEW HERE
