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" I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to join their gang. That's just not me. I wanna fight - let's go! I mean, I'm gonna stand up for myself. That's just the competitive nature of where I come from, the era I grew up in. "

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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. "

Paul Pierce

Work

Think

Fall

" 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 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 play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "

" 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

" That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league. "

" You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself. "

" When I set my goals, I set them to where they fit within the team concept. "

" A lot of people don't know this: when I was young, I wanted to be a garbage man. I asked my mom, and she said they made good money, and it was steady work. "

" Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another. "

" Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it. "

" 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. "

" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "

" 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. "

" Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run. "

" I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team. "

Paul Pierce

Raiders

Favorite

" I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me. "

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

Paul Pierce

Brother

Little Brother

" The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here. "

" LeBron is a great post-up player, but if you get him to settle for the jumper on some nights, you might be able to slow him down if his shot is off. "

" 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. "

" I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make. "

" I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train. "

Paul Pierce

Train

Just

" I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist; I knew that early. When they started talking about dissecting frogs, I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist. "

" It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known. "

" A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect. I know what's going on both for the league and the union. "

" If somebody said, 'You're going to be the Number 1 pick; you're going to have a great team around you all these years'? It would've been too easy. "

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

" 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. "

" When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7. "