Paul Pierce Quotes

If I didn't love the game, why would I play at the University of Kentucky? Why would I ever come here? It's a serious program.

When I first went to Stevens Point, I never thought I'd ever be close to the NBA. I didn't even think about the NBA. The big start for me was making it to the final cut for the Olympic team, and I was the only one who was going to be back for my senior year of college.

From my early days of playing 2:2 in basketball against my three older brothers to my years playing Division 1 college basketball and lacrosse, sports have played a big role in my leadership development.

My best friend in the pros is Brandon Davies, who I played with at BYU.

Any given night, I learned it in college, you can lose a game.

I am very excited about playing for Mr. Ballmer.

I played football when I was a kid, it is such a fun sport to play, I fancied myself as a midfielder until I grew too tall and discovered basketball.

I can play three positions - five in college - but realistically three in the NBA.

Zero is the number of minutes people predicted I would play my freshman year at Arizona.

In college, a loss is pretty devastating. That feeling kind of goes away in an 82-game season. You hate to lose, but you also have a lot more games to make up for it.

We might have, with Hockey Canada, an Aero Bar, a chocolate bar. 'Okay we're going to play for this chocolate bar.' Here you have guys who made millions of dollars, they're professional athletes, and they will fight tooth and nail to win. It's not necessarily for the chocolate bar. It's the competitive spirit.

I can pass and I can shoot and I can do some other things also.

Playing on the Clippers, that was the first time I really felt like I was like on an island by myself.

That's one of the reasons I decided to come to Boston - to contend and win a championship, especially with the history of the Celtics and what they stand for.

I love the game of basketball; I love coaching. The attention, being on TV, all that stuff, that's not what it's about for me.

Nobody wants to lose game.

It didn't work out for me at Golden State, in terms of wins and losses. Still, I tried to exhibit what a competitor is all about.

The Dream is one of the best centers to play this game.

Without basketball, I'd have no idea what to do.

My game from college has translated into the pros.

I was how I was in college because I had to be. I played angry. I played hard. I stepped on guys' chests, I hit a game-winner against UConn.

That's why I'm here at UCLA - to help them win a national championship.

My guess is everybody loved Draymond Green. How do you not like a guy like that? A pretty well rounded player in college.

I think the NBA, they like competitive guys.

There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.