Paul Pierce Quotes

I like to fight where people respect me.

I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done.

You always need to have the highest respect for your opponents. If you see them fighting, you know you have to give something extra.

The Lakers and the Clippers teams play against each other; friends shouldn't.

It's never me against Saban, and I have too much respect for him to say that anyway. I never felt that way.

I have so much respect for Rose Namajunas, same as I had before the first fight.

Never fight with or disrespect your partner in front of other people.

I know that Cena has a lot of detractors, but I'm very proud of him. He's a good hero.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter. I think he's a nice guy just like everybody else, and he's a great role model. I would love to be that too if I was in that position.

I have a lot of respect for the careers of the players. They are with us, they are with me, and I treat them like professionals.

I once had to ask Irrfan to stop calling me 'ma'am' because I was his fan before being his co-star and the respect he was giving me was too much to handle.

As long as I have the respect of my peers - the people I play against and my teammates - that's all I need.

The respect from my peers is what means a lot to me. The guys I go up against each and every night. You know, to have their respect, I think that's huge. And that's what I care most about, to have the respect of my peers.

It was a pleasure to share the court with Serena; she's such a champion.

Messi is a human being and we have to respect him.

You wanted to compete against Michael Jordan, because they were the best. You wanted to beat them. Never once in my mind, I went, 'I would love to play with him.' I was always like, 'Man, we've got to beat them.'

Virat Kohli is someone I have great respect for.

In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.

I think any player would say that they want their coaches' respect, they want their teammates' respect, and they want their opponent to respect them.

I've said this about many people, but when you were recruiting against John Beilein you knew it was a fair fight, a real fight and he was going to do it the right way. I have a lot of respect for John. He's a heck of a coach and he will do a great job in Cleveland.

I did feel support right from the start from LeBron. He's always shown me a great deal of respect dating back to our battles when I was in Indiana and competing with the Heat in the conference finals, and coaching him in the All-Star Game.

I respect Messi a lot.

Playing with Wayne Rooney was a dream come true. He's a legend and a role model to me.

Obviously Messi is one of the best players in the world, if not the best player in the world. Looking up to him when you're young and now playing against him, it was very nerve-racking for me - especially when he would come up on my side, my heart would be beating faster and faster.