Paul Pierce Quotes

I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.

I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far.

What you think is going to be a big break or opportunity can sometimes turn into the opposite, and vice versa.

We thought we'd last forever. Then, of course, we didn't, and that was shocking.

Every time I try to plan something or assume that something's going to happen, it never works out like that.

Most of the time, I don't want to use anti-climatic, but sometimes you go out there thinking this is going to be the worst thing you've ever gotten yourself into, and then you get back to base and think, 'Wow, that wasn't anything like I expected.'

We all have expectations but sometimes the greatest thing is to be surprised with what happens and to find out that it is quite different from the way you imagined it.

People aren't expecting me to look how I do. But that's one of the main reasons it works so well: the surprise factor.

You never know in football.

Everything can happen in football.

I'm used to things not coming in the packages you expect.

It's nice to squash people's expectations.

Having my name called to be the first pick for the Phoenix Suns was mind-blowing. Having all that confidence and leading up to that point when I saw Adam Silver come out, I was just waiting for my name, and when he called it, my mind went blank.

Everything can happen in tennis.

Finishing on the podium in my first year, I never expected that. It just fell into place.

You try not to pay too much attention to the hype before the game, because you never know what's going to happen.

I try to look at things in a positive light, but not everything ends up turning out positive or perfect.

The better team sometimes loses.

Sometimes you don't see the result that you expect.

Nothing is ever certain in football.

The playoffs are unpredictable. You never know what can happen and how these playoffs go.

Being at Wrestlemania 6, I remember being completely in shock and dumbfounded when Hulk Hogan missed the leg drop and Warrior hit the splash and got the 1-2-3. I was devastated.

He missed that, too, and it hadn't even happened.

But,instead of what our imagination makes us suppose and which we worthless try to discover,life gives us something that we could hardly imagine.

Four years ago, who ever thought this would have happened?