American - Athlete | October 13, 1977 -
The media in Utah is not the same as the media in New York, so that can wear on some people.
Paul Pierce
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The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.
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The '80s, '90s, and early 2000s genes of competitive fire are dead and gone.
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I think I've had an illustrious career.
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It's just something I've always loved to do: talk basketball. It's easy for me to give my perspective, my analyst approach to it, because even when I played, I would watch film, talk about the game.
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I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and give my perspective on a national stage, I'm really enjoying it.
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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.
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We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.'
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I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls.
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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.
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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.
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You see more friendships in the league. It's not like in the '80s when you had enemies, or you couldn't stand this guy, and there were fights all the time.
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