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" 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. "
Paul Pierce
Against
Best
You
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" That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league. "
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" I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make. "
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" I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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Day
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