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" Good things only can last so long. "
Paul Pierce
Last
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Good Things
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" Usually, when you win the championship, you party all summer and don't work out. But when I won, I mean, I had my good times, but I used it as motivation to do it again. When you realize you can accomplish something so great, you want to do it again. "
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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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" If I had to single one guy out who is the most difficult player to guard in the league, it would have to be Carmelo. "
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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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" I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas. "
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" Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right to the court and start shooting. "
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" I want to be the dad that my father never was. "
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" I was a typical K-Swiss guy with sweatsuits. I was a ball player, so the ballers, we wore our game shorts to class. We didn't really have a fashion in high school like other kids. "
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" I respect our greats. I admire them. "
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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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" I've been talking basketball pretty much my whole life. "
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" What people don't understand is the summertime is motivation - how willing you're willing to work for the upcoming season - and I think, as older players, once you see that drive fall off in the summer, then I think it's time to hang it up. "
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" I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now. "
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" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "
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Honest
Everybody
" 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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" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "
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" Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there. "
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House
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" I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done. "
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" When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away. "
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Feeling
Want
" I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road. "
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Love
" 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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Tired
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" A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect. I know what's going on both for the league and the union. "
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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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" 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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" I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework. "
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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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