Paul Pierce Quotes

Because of her interest and demands, I amplified an average baritone voice into one that is loud and clear.

I'm glad the NCAA is pushing back the 3-point line a foot. I'm a big supporter of the 3-point shot; it's exciting. I hope the high schools adopt the same rule.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

I watch a lot of Dwyane Wade. D-Wade was in the Finals his third year and he was getting to the free-throw line 10 times a game.

That's how I grew up. Just play defense - and make a basket.

I've done it before, and I might do it whenever we need to as a big guy... I'll take it. A hard foul is part of the game, which is good.

I know from watching other players that they have great games by getting to the line and getting to the rim.

I'm very good at drawing fouls.

When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.

I'm a pretty good free-throw shooter, so getting fouled is a good thing.

If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.

Basketball is basketball, so from a strategic standpoint, having a players' perspective is valuable.

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work.

But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.

Basketball is an intricate, high-speed game filled with split-second, spontaneous decisions. But that spontaneity is possible only when everyone first engages in hours of highly repetitive and structured practice--perfecting their shooting, dribbling, and passing and running plays over and over again--and agrees to play a carefully defined role on the court. This is the critical lesson of improve, too, and it is also a key to understanding a puzzle of Millennium Challenge: spontaneity isn't random.

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

I'd shoot zero percent before I'd shoot underhanded.

It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.

I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player's hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that's what I'm in this for.

I'll hit them when it matters.

I have my goals, I have some things I want to achieve next basketball season individually. But the number one thing is always winning games. If you win games then everything else will take care of itself. You know nobody wants to see you guys score 30 and then lose every game.

In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.

Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small area indoors and stuff the ball into a ring with Madonna's dress hanging on it.

To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.

Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player