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Paul Pierce
American
Athlete
Born:
Oct 13
,
1977
Always
Been
Game
Me
People
You
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Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there.
Paul Pierce
Sometimes
Job
Rebuild
General
Clean
Over
New
House
New Job
Get
Managers
Want
Start
Players
After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time.
Paul Pierce
Time
Believe
Arena
Years
After
Hard
Each
NBA
Last
Playing
Last Time
I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to join their gang. That's just not me. I wanna fight - let's go! I mean, I'm gonna stand up for myself. That's just the competitive nature of where I come from, the era I grew up in.
Paul Pierce
Myself
Nature
Me
Fight
Neighborhood
Guy
Join
Beat
Come
Era
Go
Bully
Up
Goes
Gets
Just
Wanna
Where
Want
Grew
Mean
Gonna
Then
Stand
Stand Up
Who
Gang
Now
Competitive
I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road.
Paul Pierce
Love
Game
Angeles
Fact
Road
Los
Los Angeles
Get
Lakers
Against
Play
I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me.
Paul Pierce
Love
Me
History
Win
Before
Other
Type
Guys
Fact
Mentioned
Stuff
Motivates
Done
Multiple
Amongst
Championships
I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done.
Paul Pierce
Respect
Hate
People
Think
Other
Totally
He
LeBron
Done
Each
If I see LeBron walking down the street, it's not going to be no fistfight. I've got a lot of respect for him.
Paul Pierce
Respect
Down
See
Him
Got
LeBron
Lot
Walking
Going
Street
Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it.
Paul Pierce
Me
Everything
Say
Kids
Most
Genuine
Mean
They Say
Thing
I love walking the streets of New York.
Paul Pierce
Love
New
Walking
York
New York
Streets
The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here.
Paul Pierce
Love
Game
Sports
Fans
About
New
Knowledgeable
Very
York
New York
Here
Basketball
It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.
Paul Pierce
Me
History
Secret
No Secret
New
Known
Got
York
New York
Winning's not easy. In order to win, you've got to see the best.
Paul Pierce
Best
You
Win
Easy
See
Winning
Got
Order
When I set my goals, I set them to where they fit within the team concept.
Paul Pierce
Goals
Concept
Within
Fit
Where
Them
Team
Set
I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own.
Paul Pierce
Own
Run
My Own
Lot
Games
Play
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
Good
You
Young
Potential
Know
How
Scratch
Your
Player
Starting
When Shaq gave me the nickname, it wasn't no Joe-Bob giving you a nickname. This is Shaq. It was like, whoa.
Paul Pierce
Me
You
Giving
Whoa
Gave
Like
Nickname
I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train.
Paul Pierce
Love
Summer
Go
Up
Train
Get
Getting
Just
I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.
Paul Pierce
History
Game
Pure
Seven
Focused
Would
More
Outside
Known
Greatest
Said
Always
Coming
Been
Scorer
Off
Six
Just
Screens
Shot
Really
Sat
NBA
I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters.
Paul Pierce
Better
Opportunity
Think
Take
When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation?
Paul Pierce
You
Winning
Couple
Because
Motivation
Years
Gets
Frustrating
Your
Last
Boston is always going to be a second home for me.
Paul Pierce
Home
Me
Boston
Always
Going
Second
Second Home
I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me.
Paul Pierce
Me
Game
Way
Drove
Always
Been
Rodney
Maybe
Meant
Meant To Be
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.
Paul Pierce
Attitude
People
Way
Like
Look
Another
Am
Lot
Confident
Oh
Might
Cocky
Player
I have an opinion. I have a right to have one, and that's the way I feel.
Paul Pierce
Way
Feel
Opinion
Right
Everybody knows how much I disliked the Knicks when I was with the Celtics, but I think it's grown to another level.
Paul Pierce
Think
Everybody
Knicks
Knows
Another
How
How Much
Disliked
Much
Grown
Level
I don't have to use anything to motivate me, a trade or anything like that, for me to say I want to win a championship.
Paul Pierce
Me
Win
Say
Like
Trade
Motivate
Want
Anything
Use
Championship
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