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" I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done. "
Paul Pierce
People
Think
Respect
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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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Win
Nothing
" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "
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Own
Lot
Games
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
China
Basketball
Us
" I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. "
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Said
Always
Game
" I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way. "
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Think
Bad
Done
" The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships. "
Paul Pierce
Anything
Championships
Celebrate
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Team
Play
Myself
" I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls. "
Paul Pierce
Lot
Biggie
Listened
" I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there. "
Paul Pierce
Always
Wonder
Up
" When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way. "
Paul Pierce
You
Way
Tough
" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "
Paul Pierce
You
Know
Coaches
" I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around with big entourages. "
Paul Pierce
Been
Around
Never
" When you've been around the game so much for so many years, it's just like it's a part of you. "
Paul Pierce
Like
Much
Years
" You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note. "
Paul Pierce
Got
Season
Strong
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Basketball
Losing
Seasons
" I want to be the dad that my father never was. "
Paul Pierce
Dad
Want
Father
" Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.' "
Paul Pierce
Basketball
Drive
Football
" I really don't use a personal trainer. "
Paul Pierce
Use
Trainer
Really
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Post
Best
Him
" These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining. "
Paul Pierce
Older
Get
Just
" 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 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. "
Paul Pierce
Doing
Important
Day
" Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another. "
Paul Pierce
Together
About
Coming
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Way
Remember
Night
" I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path. "
Paul Pierce
Wind
People
Talent
" When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. "
Paul Pierce
Bad
Defender
Defensive
" Boston is always going to be a second home for me. "
Paul Pierce
Always
Home
Me
" I think I've had an illustrious career. "
Paul Pierce
I Think
Think
Illustrious
" I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me. "
Paul Pierce
Me
Game
Been
" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "
Paul Pierce
Right
Eating
Lifestyle