234 Quotes by Paul Pierce

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.

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.

Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player.

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.

I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat.

I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around with big entourages.

When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp.