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" When you're a young player, and you're starting to scratch your potential, you don't know how good you can be. "
Paul Pierce
You
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" When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away. "
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" I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around with big entourages. "
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" After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time. "
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" When I set my goals, I set them to where they fit within the team concept. "
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" I've never been on the cover of a game. When people go into the store and see me on the cover of a game, maybe that will entice them to buy it. "
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" My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game. "
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" The game isn't over till the clock says zero. "
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" I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now. "
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" I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework. "
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" When you've been around the game so much for so many years, it's just like it's a part of you. "
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" I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks. "
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" The media in Utah is not the same as the media in New York, so that can wear on some people. "
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" When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. "
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Bad
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" At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp. "
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Kind
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" 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. "
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Night
" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "
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Lifestyle
" I think I've had an illustrious career. "
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I Think
Think
Illustrious
" I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. "
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Like
Brother
Little Brother
" I worked at a hospital for a week. And at a golf course when I was in college at Kansas for about a week. The tips weren't good so I quit. "
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" 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. "
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" I just love the pressure, truthfully, man. "
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Man
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" 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. "
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No Regrets
Win
Nothing
" I am a confident player, and a lot of people might look at it like, 'Oh, another cocky attitude,' but I don't look at it that way. "
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Attitude
Look
I Am
" I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way. "
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Think
Bad
Done
" Good things only can last so long. "
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Last
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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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" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "
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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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" 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. "
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