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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. "
Paul Pierce
Road
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Love
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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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" The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. "
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" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "
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" I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way. "
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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 you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "
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" You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up. "
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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 knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks. "
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" I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue. "
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Doing
Important
Day
" I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and give my perspective on a national stage, I'm really enjoying it. "
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Me
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" When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7. "
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Give
" I remember I didn't know who Jason Williams was, and he got drafted ahead of me. It was just weird. I thought I'd be in the top five, and I slipped all the way to 10, so it was a strange night for me. "
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Remember
Night
" 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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Who
Single
Out
" 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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People
Media
New York
" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "
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Lot
Games
" I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls. "
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Lot
Biggie
Listened
" 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
" Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run. "
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You
Trying
Run
" 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
" 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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Gave
Me
Nickname
" 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
" The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here. "
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Basketball
Sports
New York
" 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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Yelling
" 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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" Dislike is what creates rivalries. "
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Creates
Dislike
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