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" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "
Paul Pierce
Own
Lot
Games
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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. "
Paul Pierce
Home
You
Life
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Win
Good
Work
" We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.' "
Paul Pierce
School
Live
NBA
" That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league. "
Paul Pierce
Face
Challenges
Afraid
" I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make. "
Paul Pierce
Wrong
Honest
Opinion
" People don't understand the power of love and family and strength. "
Paul Pierce
Love
Strength
People
" These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining. "
Paul Pierce
Older
Get
Just
" Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it. "
Paul Pierce
Genuine
Mean
Say
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Adversity
Strength
Mom
" I think I've had an illustrious career. "
Paul Pierce
I Think
Think
Illustrious
" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "
Paul Pierce
Years
Winning
Motivation
" I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn. "
Paul Pierce
First
Brooklyn
Guy
" I just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars. "
Paul Pierce
Think
Down
See
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
School
People
Father
" Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there. "
Paul Pierce
New Job
House
Start
" I've been around this game for a long time - a lot of plane rides, a lot of bus rides, a lot of pregame speeches, a lot of national anthems. "
Paul Pierce
Long Time
Time
Been
" Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player. "
Paul Pierce
Best
Me
Just
" I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road. "
Paul Pierce
Road
Play
Love
" At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp. "
Paul Pierce
Beginning
Kind
Say
" I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. "
Paul Pierce
Like
Brother
Little Brother
" I knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks. "
Paul Pierce
More
Cracks
Through
" I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team. "
Paul Pierce
Raiders
Like
Favorite
" I really don't use a personal trainer. "
Paul Pierce
Use
Trainer
Really
" I respect our greats. I admire them. "
Paul Pierce
Them
Greats
Respect
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Practice
Beautiful
Good
" Understanding who you are is saying, 'You're great; you have tons of confidence, and don't ever forget that.' And that helped me, man. Because when things weren't going right, I thought, 'You've got to remember who you are. Don't stray from that. Don't let these things get you down.' "
Paul Pierce
Great
Thought
Saying
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Work
Think
Fall
" I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. "
Paul Pierce
Rat
Person
Basketball
" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "
Paul Pierce
Right
Eating
Lifestyle
" I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls. "
Paul Pierce
Lot
Biggie
Listened