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" 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

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" I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor. "

Paul Pierce

Guy

Competitor

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there. "

" I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road. "

" The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Paul Pierce

Perspective

Chance

" I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position. "

" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "

" Dislike is what creates rivalries. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows. "

Paul Pierce

Justice

Watch

" I just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The '80s, '90s, and early 2000s genes of competitive fire are dead and gone. "

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

" 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. "

" You see more friendships in the league. It's not like in the '80s when you had enemies, or you couldn't stand this guy, and there were fights all the time. "

Paul Pierce

You

Time

" Boston is always going to be a second home for me. "

Paul Pierce

Always

Home

" 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. "

" 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 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 think I've had an illustrious career. "

" People don't understand the power of love and family and strength. "