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  • When you got it going, you got it going. I just keep my focus down the stretch. Thats when I want the ball. Im just not afraid to fail.

  • I don't get caught in the match-ups, trying to outduel somebody. It's a team game.

    Team   Games   Trying  
  • You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.

  • I've always been a late bloomer. My body developed late. From ninth to 10th grade, I grew like 3 inches. Just kind of stretched out. I was like 6-1, grew to 6-4 in 10th grade.

  • Who cares who gets the last shot or scores the most points? Who cares who gets the credit? If we win, we're all winners.

    Winning  
  • Making the big shot wouldn't feel so good if missing it didn't feel so awful

  • It's always been my dream to play in the NBA.

    Play  
  • I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player.

  • Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.

  • You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble.

  • My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game.

    Thinking   Games  
    Interview with Hilary Goldstein, www.ign.com. September 25, 2002.
  • When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

  • When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.

    Winning  
  • I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team.

    Interview with Hilary Goldstein, www.ign.com. September 25, 2002.
  • Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.

    "Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics Talks Holiday Traditions with Bleacher Report". Interview with Mike Walsh, bleacherreport.com. December 12, 2012.
  • Kids get influenced by other kids.

  • The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.

  • It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.

    Twitter post from Nov 12, 2010
  • There's times you want to give up and times you want to move on ... you get so much satisfaction out of staying and sticking with it, and seeing things turn around.

  • I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.

  • Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'

    Sports  
  • A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect. I know what's going on both for the league and the union.

    Player  
    "Paul Pierce: Players needed to make stand". Interview with Marc J. Spears, www.yahoo.com. November 20, 2011.
  • Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to.

    Sports   Player  
    Interview with Hilary Goldstein, www.ign.com. September 25, 2002.
  • I just take what comes to me. If the drive is there, Im going to take it. If its not there, Ill take a pull-up shot. Im a confident player down the stretch and I feel like I can make the play when I have to.

    Player  
  • There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

    "Paul Pierce to retire at end of NBA season, ending 19-year career", www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2016.
  • Im just trying to be positive. I like the guys (Im) around. Even though were not at the record Id like to be, even after a loss, guys are mad, but then we have fun and you move on. They look up to me. Ive been around eight years. A lot of these guys were in junior high or high school when I came into the NBA. I see how much of an influence I am off the court. I try to be careful how I approach things on and off the court, because I know these guys are watching.

  • The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.

    Games  
  • I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team's best player, what it's going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game.

    Sports   Team   Player  
    Interview with Jeff Lenchiner, www.insidehoops.com. November 5, 2003.
  • When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7.

    Team   Games   Giving  
    "Celtics' Paul Pierce on Brandon Bass: 'We need different guys, on different nights to step up'". Interview with Eric Convey, www.sportingnews.com. May 22, 2012.
  • I'm the best player in the NBA.

    Player  
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Paul Pierce

  • Born: October 13, 1977
  • Occupation: Basketball player