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" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "
Paul Pierce
Right
Eating
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" I have an opinion. I have a right to have one, and that's the way I feel. "
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" I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor. "
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" When you've been around the game so much for so many years, it's just like it's a part of you. "
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" I love walking the streets of New York. "
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" The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. "
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" Boston is always going to be a second home for me. "
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Always
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Me
" I always thrive on wanting to play against the best. "
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" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "
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Lot
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" 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. "
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" A lot of things change in the playoffs. "
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Playoffs
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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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" I'm happy I'm able to leave a legacy behind. I'm happy I was able to win a championship. I have no regrets about nothing. "
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Win
Nothing
" I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me. "
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" People don't understand the power of love and family and strength. "
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Love
Strength
People
" You can actually get calls by yelling, 'And one!' as you release. "
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Release
You
Yelling
" When I set my goals, I set them to where they fit within the team concept. "
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Goals
Team
Within
" I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows. "
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Justice
Watch
Like
" The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered. "
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Mentality
Changing
Like
" I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position. "
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Understand
Tired
Losing
" 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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Game
Think
Style
" 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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Gave
Me
Nickname
" I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to join their gang. That's just not me. I wanna fight - let's go! I mean, I'm gonna stand up for myself. That's just the competitive nature of where I come from, the era I grew up in. "
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Nature
Myself
Fight
" Everybody knows how much I disliked the Knicks when I was with the Celtics, but I think it's grown to another level. "
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Level
I Think
Much
" I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks. "
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Classic
Team
Player
" 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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You
Life
" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "
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Know
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" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "
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Years
Winning
Motivation
" I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. "
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" 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. "
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Time
Been