Paul Pierce Quotes

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

I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas.

I just take what comes to me. If the drive is there, Im going to take it. If its not there, Ill take a pull-up shot. Im a confident player down the stretch and I feel like I can make the play when I have to.

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

It's all a learning process. You've got to learn from experience, the battles you go through. Some guys continue to grow. Hopefully, that's what I'll continue do.

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.

Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don't think about the fatigue factor. You're just trying to grind it out to get the win.

Kids get influenced by other kids.

I've always been a late bloomer. My body developed late. From ninth to 10th grade, I grew like 3 inches. Just kind of stretched out. I was like 6-1, grew to 6-4 in 10th grade.

The game isn't over till the clock says zero.

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.

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

A lot of guys look toward me for leadership. I feel like I can provide some of that.

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.

Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about what you do. You're not going to be out late, going out to clubs, hanging out with your friends. You're going to be at home, taking care of your daughter, playing with her.

At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is winning the ballgame.

Making the big shot wouldn't feel so good if missing it didn't feel so awful

I look for challenges to keep me going.

Man, there's a lot of pressure when you put on that Kansas uniform with the high expectations everyone has.

You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble.

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.

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

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.

The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.

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.

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.

You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.

Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so far.

There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

Who cares who gets the last shot or scores the most points? Who cares who gets the credit? If we win, we're all winners.

It's always been my dream to play in the NBA.

I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team.

Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.

The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.

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