We've been having big issues with closing out games this year, we had leads on teams and let them back in it. It's a negative in that we're still letting teams back in the game, but it's a positive in that we were able to close it out. Paul Pierce More Quotes by Paul Pierce More Quotes From Paul Pierce At some point we all have to move on. Im here to create some kind of legacy in Brooklyn. Paul Pierce brooklyn legacy moving 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 player sports past 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 battle guy process Making the big shot wouldn't feel so good if missing it didn't feel so awful Paul Pierce awful bigs missing The game isn't over till the clock says zero. Paul Pierce zero basketball sports There's times you want to give up and times you want to move on ... you get so much satisfaction out of staying and sticking with it, and seeing things turn around. Paul Pierce giving-up want moving I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player. Paul Pierce best-players player thinking 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 nba games talking 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 stores games people Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last. Paul Pierce treats lasts basketball When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7. Paul Pierce team games giving The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game. Paul Pierce rims bigger games 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 who-cares credit winning At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is winning the ballgame. Paul Pierce the-end-of-the-day goal winning 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 team player sports A lot of guys look toward me for leadership. I feel like I can provide some of that. Paul Pierce guy feels looks You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. Paul Pierce coaches knows sometimes 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 burgers energy stuff 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 balls focus want 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 games sports thinking
