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" 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
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" I want to see my child grow. "
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Child
Want
See
" It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have. "
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Care
People
Sometimes
" 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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Practice
Beautiful
Good
" 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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Me
College
Attitude
" You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself. "
Paul Pierce
Confidence
Believe In Yourself
Work
" 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
" 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
" When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. "
Paul Pierce
Bad
Defender
Defensive
" I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done. "
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People
Think
Respect
" Winning's not easy. In order to win, you've got to see the best. "
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Win
Winning
You
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Along
Basketball
Kid
" 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
" The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships. "
Paul Pierce
Anything
Championships
Celebrate
" Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it. "
Paul Pierce
Genuine
Mean
Say
" It's just something about great players when they play in certain arenas or against other great players. They elevate their play. LeBron is one of those guys. He feels the moment. He understands the moment. "
Paul Pierce
Against
Great
Moment
" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "
Paul Pierce
You
Know
Coaches
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
You
Man
Listen
" I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. "
Paul Pierce
Like
Brother
Little Brother
" 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
" I want to be the dad that my father never was. "
Paul Pierce
Dad
Want
Father
" The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered. "
Paul Pierce
Mentality
Changing
Like
" 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
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Like
Always
Late
" The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here. "
Paul Pierce
Basketball
Sports
New York
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Fall
Love
Winning
" 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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Road
Play
Love
" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "
Paul Pierce
Own
Lot
Games
" I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train. "
Paul Pierce
Train
Up
Just
" Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right to the court and start shooting. "
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Doctor
Need
Right
" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Myself
Line
Cross