Paul Pierce Quotes

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Paul Pierce

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 13, 1977

The gym was my sanctuary. The place where you could forget about all your worries, your problems, people asking you for money, people asking you to do this, do that.

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If they're not talking about you, you're not doing something; you're not doing anything. So if they're talking about you, you may be doing something right. And when they talk bad about you, you just use it for motivation.

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You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself.

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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 to tell me stories about Barkley and college. And I watched Barkley growing up. I loved what he brought to the game. His toughness and just his attitude, being as strong he was.

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The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.

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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 not going to be out late, going out to clubs, hanging out with your friends. You're going to be at home, taking care of your daughter, playing with her.

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Dislike is what creates rivalries.

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The media in Utah is not the same as the media in New York, so that can wear on some people.

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'A Christmas Story' is my favorite Christmas movie.

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I am a confident player, and a lot of people might look at it like, 'Oh, another cocky attitude,' but I don't look at it that way.

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My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on.

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I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls.

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I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest.

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I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks.

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It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have.

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

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The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.

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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 game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.

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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.

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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 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.

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