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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. "
Paul Pierce
Started
Early
Going
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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 respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done. "
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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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" 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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" Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this. "
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Serious
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" I don't have to use anything to motivate me, a trade or anything like that, for me to say I want to win a championship. "
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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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" Winning's not easy. In order to win, you've got to see the best. "
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" 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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" Understanding history means knowing what motivates you. "
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Understanding
" There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself. "
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Line
Cross
" 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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Game
Run
" I love walking the streets of New York. "
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Streets
Walking
Love
" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "
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Honest
Everybody
" Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another. "
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About
Coming
" When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance. "
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Against
Best
You
" 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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Post
Best
Him
" Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to. "
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Game
Think
Style
" I always thrive on wanting to play against the best. "
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Against
Play
Best
" I think I've had an illustrious career. "
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I Think
Think
Illustrious
" 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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Adversity
Strength
Mom
" It's just something I've always loved to do: talk basketball. It's easy for me to give my perspective, my analyst approach to it, because even when I played, I would watch film, talk about the game. "
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Perspective
Basketball
Game
" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "
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Own
Lot
Games
" I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters. "
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Take
Think
Better
" You definitely gotta get more rest as an older player than you did when you were young. You're young, full of energy. You're out, up late, watching movies or out hanging out with your friends. "
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Late
Energy
Friends
" The game isn't over till the clock says zero. "
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Over
Clock
Till
" 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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Nature
Myself
Fight
" I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make. "
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Wrong
Honest
Opinion
" 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
" When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7. "
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