A biography for Paul Piercehasn’t been written yet.
“It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have.”
“I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love with the game of basketball because they had such a winning tradition.”
“When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.”
“We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.'”
“The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here.”
“Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.”
“When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance.”
“Boston is always going to be a second home for me.”
“You definitely gotta get more rest as an older player than you did when you were young. You're young, full of energy. You're out, up late, watching movies or out hanging out with your friends.”
“I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now.”
“Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it.”
“I love walking the streets of New York.”
“The gym was my sanctuary. The place where you could forget about all your worries, your problems, people asking you for money, people asking you to do this, do that.”
“I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest.”
“If I see LeBron walking down the street, it's not going to be no fistfight. I've got a lot of respect for him.”
“I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way.”
“I remember I didn't know who Jason Williams was, and he got drafted ahead of me. It was just weird. I thought I'd be in the top five, and I slipped all the way to 10, so it was a strange night for me.”
“I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.”
“When you come off a losing season - one of the worst seasons in all of basketball - and get guys like Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, two perennial All-Stars, we felt like we had a championship team.”
“When you're a young player, and you're starting to scratch your potential, you don't know how good you can be.”