Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce

13-Oct-1977


United States


Athlete

Born October 13, 1977, Paul Anthony Pierce spent his childhood in Inglewood, California, a city in Los Angeles. The big Lakers in the 1980s captured his imagination, and basketball quickly became his first love.

QUOTES BY Paul Pierce


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.

The game isn't over till the clock says zero.

I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.

Boston is always going to be a second home for me.

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 was a typical K-Swiss guy with sweatsuits. I was a ball player, so the ballers, we wore our game shorts to class. We didn't really have a fashion in high school like other kids.

You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself.

I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist; I knew that early. When they started talking about dissecting frogs, I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist.

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.

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