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" I always say I wish I was in my prime matching up against LeBron. Let's see how many championships he would have won then. "
Paul Pierce
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" 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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" The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here. "
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" 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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" Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another. "
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" I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. "
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" When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. "
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" 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. "
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" The whole business of basketball with China, it's just a huge business that enables us to come over and connect with them and continue that fan affair. "
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" I love walking the streets of New York. "
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" It's just something about great players when they play in certain arenas or against other great players. They elevate their play. LeBron is one of those guys. He feels the moment. He understands the moment. "
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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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" 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've been talking basketball pretty much my whole life. "
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" Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along with the Lakers. "
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" I think I've had an illustrious career. "
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Think
Illustrious
" I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love with the game of basketball because they had such a winning tradition. "
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" 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. "
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Beautiful
Good
" 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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" The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships. "
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Championships
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" The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. "
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Every
" I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor. "
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Competitor
" 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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Game
Been
" You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note. "
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Got
Season
Strong
" 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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Golf
College
Good
" I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn. "
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First
Brooklyn
Guy
" LeBron is a great post-up player, but if you get him to settle for the jumper on some nights, you might be able to slow him down if his shot is off. "
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Settle
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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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No Regrets
Win
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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. "
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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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" When you come off a losing season - one of the worst seasons in all of basketball - and get guys like Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, two perennial All-Stars, we felt like we had a championship team. "
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Basketball
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