A biography for Paul Piercehasn’t been written yet.
“I've always been a late bloomer. My body developed late. From ninth to 10th grade, I grew like 3 inches. Just kind of stretched out. I was like 6-1, grew to 6-4 in 10th grade.”
“The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.”
“I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat.”
“I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done.”
“I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks.”
“That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.”
“You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself.”
“The whole business of basketball with China, it's just a huge business that enables us to come over and connect with them and continue that fan affair.”
“There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.”
“I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.”
“I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.”
“I always say I wish I was in my prime matching up against LeBron. Let's see how many championships he would have won then.”
“I want to be the dad that my father never was.”
“I've never been on the cover of a game. When people go into the store and see me on the cover of a game, maybe that will entice them to buy it.”
“I don't have to use anything to motivate me, a trade or anything like that, for me to say I want to win a championship.”
“I just love the pressure, truthfully, man.”
“You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note.”
“After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time.”
“If they're not talking about you, you're not doing something; you're not doing anything. So if they're talking about you, you may be doing something right. And when they talk bad about you, you just use it for motivation.”
“Eating right is part of my lifestyle now.”