A biography for Paul Piercehasn’t been written yet.
“My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on.”
“Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this.”
“I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there.”
“LeBron is a great post-up player, but if you get him to settle for the jumper on some nights, you might be able to slow him down if his shot is off.”
“'Pulp Fiction' is my favorite movie of all time.”
“I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework.”
“If I had to single one guy out who is the most difficult player to guard in the league, it would have to be Carmelo.”
“When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7.”
“Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there.”
“Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run.”
“You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.”
“I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn.”
“I've been around this game for a long time - a lot of plane rides, a lot of bus rides, a lot of pregame speeches, a lot of national anthems.”
“Good things only can last so long.”
“I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team.”
“I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows.”
“In college, I probably lost a total of about 11 games, and then I came to the Celtics and in my first three weeks we went on a nine-game losing streak.”
“My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and he always used to tell me stories about Barkley and college. And I watched Barkley growing up. I loved what he brought to the game. His toughness and just his attitude, being as strong he was.”
“I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls.”
“A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect. I know what's going on both for the league and the union.”