Top 40 Paul Pierce Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.”

— Paul Pierce

2. “The game isn’t over till the clock says zero.”

— Paul Pierce

3. “It’s all a learning process. You’ve got to learn from experience, the battles you go through. Some guys continue to grow. Hopefully, that’s what I’ll continue do.”

— Paul Pierce

4. “It’s always been my dream to play in the NBA.”

— Paul Pierce

5. “The Celtics don’t celebrate anything but championships.”

— Paul Pierce

6. “Making the big shot wouldn’t feel so good if missing it didn’t feel so awful.”

— Paul Pierce

7. “At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is winning the ballgame.”

— Paul Pierce

8. “I don’t think Kobe is the best player. I’m the best player.”

— Paul Pierce

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

— Paul Pierce

10. “It’s been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.”

— Paul Pierce

11. “When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don’t want that feeling to go away.”

— Paul Pierce

12. “Who cares who gets the last shot or scores the most points? Who cares who gets the credit? If we win, we’re all winners.”

— Paul Pierce

13. “I’ve never even been into those supplements or any of that. I don’t even drink energy shakes. I’m not into that kind of stuff. You just get me an In-N-Out burger and some Popeye’s fried chicken and I’m straight.”

— Paul Pierce

14. “A lot of guys look toward me for leadership. I feel like I can provide some of that.”

— Paul Pierce

15. “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.”

— Paul Pierce

16. “Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about what you do. You’re not going to be out late, going out to clubs, hanging out with your friends. You’re going to be at home, taking care of your daughter, playing with her.”

— Paul Pierce

17. “When you gotta go through something tough, I’ve always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.”

— Paul Pierce

18. “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.”

— Paul Pierce

19. “When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7.”

— Paul Pierce

20. “You’ve got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.”

— Paul Pierce

21. “Pulp Fiction is my favorite movie of all time.”

— Paul Pierce

22. “I look for challenges to keep me going.”

— Paul Pierce

23. “I like the Raiders. That’s my favorite team.”

— Paul Pierce

24. “I probably visualize myself, the shots I’m going to get in the game, how I’m going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team’s best player, what it’s going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game.”

— Paul Pierce

25. “Man, there’s a lot of pressure when you put on that Kansas uniform with the high expectations everyone has.”

— Paul Pierce

26. “Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so far.”

— Paul Pierce

27. “The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.”

— Paul Pierce

28. “Kids get influenced by other kids.”

— Paul Pierce

29. “I try to play within the flow of the team’s offense.”

— Paul Pierce

30. “I’m a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I’m definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas.”

— Paul Pierce

31. “Mostly I play sports games – football and basketball. ‘Inside Drive’ and ‘NFL Fever.’”

— Paul Pierce

32. “Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don’t think about the fatigue factor. You’re just trying to grind it out to get the win.”

— Paul Pierce

33. “At some point we all have to move on. Im here to create some kind of legacy in Brooklyn.”

— Paul Pierce

34. “I worked at a hospital for a week. And at a golf course when I was in college at Kansas for about a week. The tips weren’t good so I quit.”

— Paul Pierce

35. “A lot of people that I’ve had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back when we were exchanging each other’s clothes, staying at each other’s houses. That was before I had anything.”

— Paul Pierce

36. “Being in the Final Four was a dream of mine growing up, and I was unable to fulfill that dream, but I feel like I had a great college career and won a lot of games.”

— Paul Pierce

37. “When you got it going, you got it going. I just keep my focus down the stretch. Thats when I want the ball. Im just not afraid to fail.”

— Paul Pierce

38. “I don’t get caught in the match-ups, trying to outduel somebody. It’s a team game.”

— Paul Pierce

39. “At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it’s not really in their grasp. I feel that’s really in my grasp.”

— Paul Pierce

40. “You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble.”

— Paul Pierce

41. “My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he’s a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game.”

— Paul Pierce

42. “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.”

— Paul Pierce

43. “I just take what comes to me. If the drive is there, Im going to take it. If its not there, Ill take a pull-up shot. Im a confident player down the stretch and I feel like I can make the play when I have to.”

— Paul Pierce

44. “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.”

— Paul Pierce

45. “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.”

— Paul Pierce

46. “Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can’t even think of one guy I’ve been compared to.”

— Paul Pierce