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" The gym was my sanctuary. The place where you could forget about all your worries, your problems, people asking you for money, people asking you to do this, do that. "

Paul Pierce

People

Money

You

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

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" I have an opinion. I have a right to have one, and that's the way I feel. "

" Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player. "

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Just

" A lot of things change in the playoffs. "

" When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away. "

" I think I've had an illustrious career. "

" I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way. "

" 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

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

" When you're a young player, and you're starting to scratch your potential, you don't know how good you can be. "

" I just love the pressure, truthfully, man. "

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

" My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Paul Pierce

College

Attitude

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

" 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. "

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

" Kids get influenced by other kids. "

" 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. "

" It's just something I've always loved to do: talk basketball. It's easy for me to give my perspective, my analyst approach to it, because even when I played, I would watch film, talk about the game. "

" 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 respect our greats. I admire them. "

" You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note. "

" Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to. "

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

" 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. "

" 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