Paul Pierce Quotes
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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.
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When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.
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Man, there's a lot of pressure when you put on that Kansas uniform with the high expectations everyone has.
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It's always been my dream to play in the NBA.
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I look for challenges to keep me going.
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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.
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I don't get caught in the match-ups, trying to outduel somebody. It's a team game.
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At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is winning the ballgame.
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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.
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When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7.
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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.
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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 Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.
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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.
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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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Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'
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Kids get influenced by other kids.
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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 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.
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Im just trying to be positive. I like the guys (Im) around. Even though were not at the record Id like to be, even after a loss, guys are mad, but then we have fun and you move on. They look up to me. Ive been around eight years. A lot of these guys were in junior high or high school when I came into the NBA. I see how much of an influence I am off the court. I try to be careful how I approach things on and off the court, because I know these guys are watching.
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I've never even been into those supplements or any of that. I don't even drink energy shakes. I'm not into that kind of stuff. You just get me an In-N-Out burger and some Popeye's fried chicken and I'm straight.
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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.
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Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.
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Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time.