Paul Pierce Quotes

I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me.

My dream is to play in the NBA.

I love Memphis. They've been good to me, the town and everything else. And quite frankly, I love the NBA and love being involved in it.

I love to cook like a mad man. If I could do it all over again? I would be a NBA basketball player.

The NBA fits my game.

My dream is to play someday in the NBA.

If this acting thing doesn't work, I'd just put in my resume for NBA.com. I'm a really huge basketball fan... I'll talk all sorts of trash.

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

I am very happy to be here in the NBA.

When I'm in Miami I like to go and watch basketball, the Miami Heat.

I hope to play in the NBA for many seasons, establish my position, and win titles.

That's part of the NBA. It's a lot of ups and downs.

There's no disrespect in playing in the G League.

My impression is that the NBA always precluded anything else.

There's a lot of guys who are drafted and end up not playing in the NBA. They get their money for their first whatever years and end up going overseas or something like that.

I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks.

I thought, 'I'm going to play in Yugoslavia, then I'll go to play in Italy or Spain.' Then I'll be 28 or 29 and I'll try NBA. I never thought I can play in NBA because NBA was totally different world for us in Europe.

Me playing for the Knicks is not realistic.

I'm playing basketball. It's my dream job. So I'm a pretty happy camper.

Throughout my professional basketball career, I have always voiced my patriotism for my native land.

That's the thing about the NBA; there's another game.

I hope that basketball gains momentum and kids understand that you can actually make a living from it. Not just the N.B.A. You can get a scholarship, a free degree - like, no student loan you have to pay off. That's huge in life. Once they realize that in New Zealand, I hope they get inspired.