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Paul Pierce

(1977) Basketball Player

165 quotes in 578 categories

Paul Pierce’s 165 quotations capture the grit of a champion and the introspection of a veteran. This collection offers a quick but vivid sense of his mindset on and off the court, perfect for fans and newcomers alike.

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Paul Pierce is a basketball player, best known for Breakfasts and teas.

Quick Facts About Paul Pierce

Born: October 13, 1977
Profession: Basketball Player
Notable works: Breakfasts and teas

About Paul Pierce

Paul Anthony Pierce is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Paul Pierce

I look for challenges to keep me going.

Challenge

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Understanding history means knowing what motivates you.

History

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I really don't use a personal trainer.

Exercise

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I respect our greats. I admire them.

Admire

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A lot of things change in the playoffs.

Change

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I think I've had an illustrious career.

Career

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Eating right is part of my lifestyle now.

Eating

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I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own.

Football

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That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.

Am

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I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train.

Go

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It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.

History

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You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.

Basketball

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People probably won't even remember I played for the Clippers.

Even

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I just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars.

Burn

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

Beach

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I have an opinion. I have a right to have one, and that's the way I feel.

Feel

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Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don't think about the fatigue factor. You're just trying…

Factors

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You see more friendships in the league. It's not like in the '80s when you had enemies, or you couldn't stand this…

Enemies

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I've never even been into those supplements or any of that. I don't even drink energy shakes. I'm not into that kind…

Burgers

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Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so…

Football

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Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right…

Court

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I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're…

Football

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The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.

Changing

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I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the…

Approach

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Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go…

Art making

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There's a lot of pressure every time we lose a game. We don't have a lot of room for error right now.…

Football

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Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about what you do. You're…

Care

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I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just…

Always

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Usually, when you win the championship, you party all summer and don't work out. But when I won, I mean, I had…

Good

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My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and he always used…

About

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I'm just going out playing the way I know how to play. We're just having fun, staying positive. We feel like we…

Confidence

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I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to…

Bully

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I'm just trying to be positive. I like the guys I'm around. Even though we're not at the record I'd like to…

Football

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Im just trying to be positive. I like the guys (Im) around. Even though were not at the record Id like to…

And off

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The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.

Anything

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I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor.

Competitor

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I try to play within the flow of the team's offense.

Flow

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The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.

Bigger

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I'm the best player in the NBA.

Best

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I've been talking basketball pretty much my whole life.

Basketball

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