Paul Pierce Quotes

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

I will either be famous or infamous.

Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book.

Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.

If you're the most productive person in your community, it's definitely time to find a new community.

In periods when everything was going really well I may have taken my foot off the pedal and got comfortable where I was at, not carrying on to the next level.

I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.

Duke has a lot of haters, but I know it means you're doing something right if they're hating you.

Busy is good, you know. Busy is better than bored, and there's more recognition. Like, I try to feign the anonymity which I had before 'O.J.'

I'm trying to make history. I've always put history above money.

When you have haters, you're doing something right.

I want to be something that is worthy to be bragged about.

From my position, obviously I want to maximise my potential and go as far as I can go and as high as I can go, but I'm not chasing fame. I get enough of that.

There's a lot of people on the way up who want to take my place, so it's up to me to continue to improve.

Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.

Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, 'If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the Y, that would be the culmination of existence!' And then the roller rink, and you work your way up branch by branch.

I've got a long way to go to being the ultimate best, but I think my time is now. And I'm starting to enter my prime.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.