Paul Pierce Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team.

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

The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.

Trivia

Paul averaged 23.0 points per game in the 2003-2004 season.

Paul averaged 26.1 points per game in the 2001-2002 season.

Paul averaged 19.5 points per game in the 1999-2000 season.

Paul ranked #4 in the NBA in Turnovers Per Game, 3.46 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #3 in the NBA in Total Turnovers, 273 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #7 in the NBA in Points, 2116 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #10 in the NBA in Field Goals Made, 689 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #6 in the NBA in Turnovers Per 48 Minutes, 4.25 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #8 in the NBA in Points Per 48 Minutes, 32.9 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #13 in the NBA in Field Goals Per 48 Minutes, 10.72 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #11 in the NBA in Field Goal Attempts, 1462 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul ranked #6 in the NBA in Points Per Game, 26.8 in the 2005-2006 season.

Paul: I didn't come to play today. I really struggled on the defensive end. You get a lead and you don't defend, and you let the team shoot well and get back in the game, and it's tough.

Paul: I don't think there's any need to panic right now. It's still early in the season. We've got a long way to go as a team and, hopefully, we'll just get better.

Paul: All I can say is the same thing I've been saying all along. I'll lend him my full support.

Paul: We just didn't have our heads there. We know we should have closed the game out. We used it as motivation.

Paul: I guess the league is trying to clean up the image. They've done surveys. and they say that we're behind baseball and football and the rest of the sports. But also we're one of the most visible sports in all of sports, so we get more notoriety. Our faces are shown. We're just in tank tops and shorts. We're more visible. That's probably why we get that type of negative perception.

Paul: We really got off to a great start today. We're starting to find something. We're trying to find different combinations that work for us, especially off the bench.

Paul: Yeah, I'm tired of us beating up on each other. We're ready to play. After getting beat up by Justin Reed every day, I'm ready to go against somebody else. See all these scratches I'm getting every day? Every day.

Paul: This was a much-needed one. Regardless of how we got it. We haven't played well the last five games.

Paul: He's a strong guy and obviously you have to foul him a little harder.

Paul: I think we played with a lot more energy.

Paul: A lot of the times, the ball came into my hands and everybody was watching. Memphis did a great job. When I would put the ball on the ground and come off the pick-and-roll, they would corral, trap with two or three guys and made me make the extra pass.

Paul ranked 2nd in the NBA in steals per game in the 1999-2000 season. Paul averaged 2.08 steals per game.

Paul is the first player for the Boston Celtics to reach the 2000 career point mark since Larry Bird.

Paul was able to get 9 steals in one game, against Miami Heat on December 3, 1999. Paul is tied with Larry Bird for this record.

Paul has made 962 career 3 point field goals.

In 2003, Paul was the NBA regular season leader in free throws made with 604 free throws.

Paul has made the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1999.

Paul is a 2-Time All-NBA Third Team. Those years are 2002 and 2003.

Paul extended his 30-point game streak to 8 games on March 8, 2006.

Paul has averaged 23 points per game so far during his NBA career.

Paul played three seasons at the University of Kansas. He averaged 16.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

Paul currently plays as a small forward for the Boston Celtics.