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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. "

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" I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path. "

Paul Pierce

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" 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 always thrive on wanting to play against the best. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Winning's not easy. In order to win, you've got to see the best. "

" 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. "

" I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around with big entourages. "

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

Paul Pierce

Always

Home

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

" I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

" I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. "

" Everybody knows how much I disliked the Knicks when I was with the Celtics, but I think it's grown to another level. "

" 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. "

" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "

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

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

Paul Pierce

Train

Just

" 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. "

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

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

" In college, I probably lost a total of about 11 games, and then I came to the Celtics and in my first three weeks we went on a nine-game losing streak. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining. "