He may already be 37-years-old, but Metta World Peace is not allowing his age to get in the way of studying once again.

The Los Angeles Lakers forward has reportedly enrolled at UCLA to take some classes about digital analytics and social media marketing, according to Serena Winters of Lakers Nation. His first class will be on June 26th and World Peace is excited to pursue his master's degree. He added that he still intends to play and not yet retire, unlike what many believe he was going to do this summer.

“I’m definitely not retiring. But, I think that people should always have their education. I think people should never, ever let someone say, only play basketball. You should always have an education, education is very important.”

The 17-year NBA veteran also talked about preparing for his future after basketball, and shared what he really wants to do after hanging his sneakers for good.

“I’ve been preparing for my future, probably since 2009, I started to think about 2014, [because] I thought I would be retired by 2014. So, just in case, I was preparing that whole time, and just getting involved in many different things and narrowing it down. What do I really like? What do I really want to do?”

“Helping people.”

“I want to use what I’m going to school for just to help people and have a lot of fun. And, I figure with learning digital analytics and learning social media marketing and a little bit about search engine optimization, I’m going to be able to have a lot of fun and help people. That’s my main goal, and I feel like once I learn a couple things, I can apply it to what I’m doing in my life now and I think it will be perfect.”

Despite already being informed by Magic Johnson that the Lakers may not bring him back next season, World Peace is still optimistic that there will be a team who will need his services. Although his future in the league is still up in the air, his decision to study and learn further is a positive sign for him, which could also inspire other athletes to follow his footsteps.