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" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "
Paul Pierce
Entitled
Honest
Everybody
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" Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player. "
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" The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here. "
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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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" 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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" Understanding who you are is saying, 'You're great; you have tons of confidence, and don't ever forget that.' And that helped me, man. Because when things weren't going right, I thought, 'You've got to remember who you are. Don't stray from that. Don't let these things get you down.' "
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