Paul Pierce
I was a typical K-Swiss guy with sweatsuits. I was a ball player, so the ballers, we wore our game shorts to class. We didn't really have a fashion in high school like other kids.
You definitely gotta get more rest as an older player than you did when you were young. You're young, full of energy. You're out, up late, watching movies or out hanging out with your friends.
You see more friendships in the league. It's not like in the '80s when you had enemies, or you couldn't stand this guy, and there were fights all the time.
I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest.
I just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars.
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.
Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post as I do with Carmelo.
LeBron is a great post-up player, but if you get him to settle for the jumper on some nights, you might be able to slow him down if his shot is off.
It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have.
At some point we all have to move on. Im here to create some kind of legacy in Brooklyn.Collection: Moving
There's times you want to give up and times you want to move on ... you get so much satisfaction out of staying and sticking with it, and seeing things turn around.Collection: Giving Up
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.Collection: Guy
I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player.Collection: Player
Making the big shot wouldn't feel so good if missing it didn't feel so awfulCollection: Missing
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.Collection: Winning
You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.Collection: Basketball
Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.Collection: Basketball
At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is winning the ballgame.Collection: Winning
Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so far.Collection: Talking
A lot of guys look toward me for leadership. I feel like I can provide some of that.Collection: Guy
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.Collection: Stuff
I don't get caught in the match-ups, trying to outduel somebody. It's a team game.Collection: Team
When you got it going, you got it going. I just keep my focus down the stretch. Thats when I want the ball. Im just not afraid to fail.Collection: Focus
It's always been my dream to play in the NBA.Collection: Dream
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.Collection: Player
I try to play within the flow of the team's offense.Collection: Team
I'm the best player in the NBA.Collection: Player
I look for challenges to keep me going.Collection: Challenges
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.Collection: Team
Man, there's a lot of pressure when you put on that Kansas uniform with the high expectations everyone has.Collection: Men
It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.Collection: Beach
Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time.Collection: Fiction
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.Collection: Fun
Being in the Final Four was a dream of mine growing up, and I was unable to fulfill that dream, but I feel like I had a great college career and won a lot of games.Collection: Dream