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" At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp. "

Paul Pierce

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" Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post as I do with Carmelo. "

" I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework. "

" I just love the pressure, truthfully, man. "

" When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7. "

" When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. "

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

" I love walking the streets of New York. "

" Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it. "

" 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. "

" You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note. "

" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "

" The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. "

" 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. "

" I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path. "

" I found my father through other people, through my older brothers, my high school coaches, so I had men influences along the way who helped me. "

" I think I've had an illustrious career. "

" A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back when we were exchanging each other's clothes, staying at each other's houses. That was before I had anything. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance. "

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

" When Shaq gave me the nickname, it wasn't no Joe-Bob giving you a nickname. This is Shaq. It was like, whoa. "

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" I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me. "

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

" I've never been on the cover of a game. When people go into the store and see me on the cover of a game, maybe that will entice them to buy it. "

" I've been around this game for a long time - a lot of plane rides, a lot of bus rides, a lot of pregame speeches, a lot of national anthems. "