Paul Pierce Quotes

It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.

It's the Playoffs. This is what you play for.

It's the playoffs. Everything kind of amps up a little bit.

The playoffs are tough. It's a different game.

The playoffs are like nothing else. The intensity is off the meat rack and I'm looking forward to going back.

We're not above a Game 7. We're not above competition.

The thing I've always liked about the playoffs is the finality of it and knowing there's so much importance on every play.

A lot of things change in the playoffs.

You have to be ready for anything in the playoffs.

Once you start feeling the pressure, you start to struggle. That is the beauty of Indo-Pak cricket contests.

This is the Boston Celtics. This isn't the Phoenix Suns. No disrespect to any other organization, but you don't hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals?

It is always great to be a position like this, where you play for everything because it is so exciting.

I joke that every time I'm in the playoffs, it feels like I'm in the Super Bowl.

Any time you go into the playoff game everyone's adrenaline is high and tensions are going, stuff like that.

It's the playoffs; you have to pick up the intensity.

In the playoffs, it's win or you go home.

The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.

It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry.

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

There's obviously games and a history you have with guys that maybe you're a little more fired up to let them know if maybe you beat them on a play.

When you're part of a World Cup, it's always now or never.

I love to play finals. I love to play on the big stadium.

If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers.