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" 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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" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Paul Pierce

Say

" When Shaq gave me the nickname, it wasn't no Joe-Bob giving you a nickname. This is Shaq. It was like, whoa. "

Paul Pierce

Gave

Nickname

" 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. "

" A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back when we were exchanging each other's clothes, staying at each other's houses. That was before I had anything. "

Paul Pierce

People

Back

" I always say I wish I was in my prime matching up against LeBron. Let's see how many championships he would have won then. "

" 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. "

" I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls. "

" The media in Utah is not the same as the media in New York, so that can wear on some people. "

" 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. "

" I want to be the dad that my father never was. "

" I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. "

Paul Pierce

Brother

Little Brother

" I was a typical K-Swiss guy with sweatsuits. I was a ball player, so the ballers, we wore our game shorts to class. We didn't really have a fashion in high school like other kids. "

" After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time. "

" I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Game

Been

" 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. "

" I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework. "

" When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way. "

" People probably won't even remember I played for the Clippers. "

" I've never been on the cover of a game. When people go into the store and see me on the cover of a game, maybe that will entice them to buy it. "

" I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas. "