Paul Pierce Quotes

When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.

I'm not a tough guy, but I'll throw down just like the rest of them if I have to.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

I grew up in the Midwest, and I was a short, fat, little Jewish kid... but it was just different. People didn't understand, so I had to deal with it. One day, I physically dealt with it, and it never happened again. I'm not saying that's the way to do it, but you have to stand up for yourself, period, end of story.

You know, you can only get beat up so much. And then you turn it around, and you're like, OK, we're not taking this anymore.

I was a quiet kid on the streets. The loudmouths would push me around but when I was boxing, I was beating them up and it felt good.

Dealing with bullies when I was in sixth and seventh grade has made me a better football player, believe it or not. You have to come to a point when you're like, 'I've had enough, and I'm not going to be kicked around and pushed around anymore.'

I'm blowin' all the bullies away.

I grew up being very different and being ready to fight people. I wanted to stand up for myself, and I wanted to not let anyone think they know me based on appearances, so I was always just fighting back with people.

My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground. And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, 'Teacher, sue him.'

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

I stand up to people.

I have had my share of brawls, for I am someone who takes a stand.

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

I'm a believer in getting punched in the face. I know it sounds cliched, but to me, fighting is a metaphor for life.

I'd go at anyone. I took all of my brothers' bull. It made me who I am.

Sometimes you have to defeat your enemies—not just talk to them.

We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.

Even when I was hurt, I was always the aggressor, no matter what.

There are more and more of us women out there who won't be pushed around and will give back a lot more than was bargained for. You have to mean it, though.

Are you going to back down to somebody? If not, you're giving yourself a chance.

If somebody has done something to disrespect you as a man, I feel like I have to protect myself.

It's easy to say standup for yourself. The problem is if you don't feel like you're physically capable of handling the repercussions of that, especially at a young age, it's hard to do that.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.