If they're not talking about you, you're not doing something; you're not doing anything. So if they're talking about you, you may be doing something right. And when they talk bad about you, you just use it for motivation.
Paul Pierce
The game isn't over till the clock says zero.
I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now.
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.
You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself.
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.
Boston is always going to be a second home for me.
I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist; I knew that early. When they started talking about dissecting frogs, I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist.
I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.
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.
It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.
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.
'A Christmas Story' is my favorite Christmas movie.
When you've been around the game so much for so many years, it's just like it's a part of you.
When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender.
I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn.
You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note.
I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows.
I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path.
Good things only can last so long.
In college, I probably lost a total of about 11 games, and then I came to the Celtics and in my first three weeks we went on a nine-game losing streak.
Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this.
I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around with big entourages.
I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done.
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.
When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.
I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and give my perspective on a national stage, I'm really enjoying it.
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.
'Pulp Fiction' is my favorite movie of all time.
My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on.
When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation?
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.
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.
Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'
I've been talking basketball pretty much my whole life.
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.
I want to see my child grow.
Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it.
I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls.
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 media in Utah is not the same as the media in New York, so that can wear on some people.
I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road.
People don't understand the power of love and family and strength.
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.
I just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars.
Usually, when you win the championship, you party all summer and don't work out. But when I won, I mean, I had my good times, but I used it as motivation to do it again. When you realize you can accomplish something so great, you want to do it again.
I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team.
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.
We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.'
Everybody knows how much I disliked the Knicks when I was with the Celtics, but I think it's grown to another level.
