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" I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now. "
Paul Pierce
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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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" Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another. "
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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. "
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" These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining. "
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" 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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" I just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars. "
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" 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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" 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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" My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on. "
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" When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. "
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Bad
Defender
Defensive
" 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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Losing
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" I always thrive on wanting to play against the best. "
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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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College
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" I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters. "
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Take
Think
Better
" I just love the pressure, truthfully, man. "
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Truthfully
Just
" You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note. "
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Got
Season
Strong
" The '80s, '90s, and early 2000s genes of competitive fire are dead and gone. "
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Early
Fire
Competitive
" If I see LeBron walking down the street, it's not going to be no fistfight. I've got a lot of respect for him. "
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Down
Him
Walking
" 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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Kid
" I want to be the dad that my father never was. "
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Dad
Want
Father
" It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known. "
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Secret
New York
Got
" 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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Like
Always
Late
" When you're a young player, and you're starting to scratch your potential, you don't know how good you can be. "
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Your
Good
" When I set my goals, I set them to where they fit within the team concept. "
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Goals
Team
Within
" That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league. "
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Face
Challenges
Afraid
" The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. "
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Looking
Bigger
Every
" I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks. "
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Classic
Team
Player
" Understanding history means knowing what motivates you. "
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Knowing
History
Understanding
" 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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Just
" I've been talking basketball pretty much my whole life. "
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