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" Everybody knows how much I disliked the Knicks when I was with the Celtics, but I think it's grown to another level. "
Paul Pierce
Level
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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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" It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have. "
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" 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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" When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way. "
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" I worked at a hospital for a week. And at a golf course when I was in college at Kansas for about a week. The tips weren't good so I quit. "
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" A lot of people don't know this: when I was young, I wanted to be a garbage man. I asked my mom, and she said they made good money, and it was steady work. "
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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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" Kids get influenced by other kids. "
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" I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist; I knew that early. When they started talking about dissecting frogs, I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist. "
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" I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor. "
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" Boston is always going to be a second home for me. "
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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 think I've had an illustrious career. "
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" The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. "
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Every
" My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game. "
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" I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls. "
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" I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there. "
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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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" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "
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Honest
Everybody
" If somebody said, 'You're going to be the Number 1 pick; you're going to have a great team around you all these years'? It would've been too easy. "
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" 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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" I always thrive on wanting to play against the best. "
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" That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league. "
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Afraid
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