[文章] Paul Pierce:How about Boston became my town

[piercepaul (大輸家)]

I guess the obvious question is, "Why am I doing this?"

I've put a lot out there about myself for Celtics fans and for Paul Pierce
fans in the past. You all know who I am as a basketball player and a Boston
Celtic.

But for me, blogging is going to give me a chance to let other people get to
know me even better, which is what I really want. When I'm done with this
game I want people to know more about Paul Pierce as a person than just as a
basketball player.

When I retire I don't want people to just talk about my accomplishments on
the court. When I'm done playing I want them to really know about me, about
my life and what I do to make a difference in my community and the positive
impact I try to have on other people.

I've been in Boston for 12 years. At this point, I probably know this city
better than where I grew up in Inglewood, Calif. I've been here so long. (It
took me like 6-7 years to really learn this city with all these rotaries, but
hey ... ).

Now I feel like Boston is MY city. I have embraced it and I love it.

I still remember the day I got drafted. In my mind, there was no way I was
ending up in Boston. I had only worked out for the top five teams in the NBA
Draft that year. But on draft night I slipped to 10.

When Boston called my name, I felt so many mixed emotions. At first, I was
kind of upset that I went to Boston -- don't forget now, growing up as a
Lakers fan in LA, this was a team that I hated! Then I remember seeing how
Scott, a close friend of mine, who I consider an uncle/father, reacted to the
news. He just started clapping and said. "That's right! This is where we
wanted to be!"

So I thought, "You know what. You're absolutely right." These other teams
didn't want me and this was the team that did want me. I wanted to be
somewhere with a team that wanted me. And my dream to be in the NBA was just
realized. Plus all those banners and trophies certainly didn't hurt!

I remember a couple years ago -- the summer I signed an extension -- I was
talking with my mom and my brother about the possibility of going to play in
other cities, maybe trying to win somewhere else. It was something that I was
always talking about with the people closest to me. And it was crazy because
my mom said to me, "You've already started building something special over
there in Boston."

I had great friends here, knew the restaurants, the hotels, the club owners.
I was really comfortable, you get so used to it. When I moved from Oakland to
LA -- I think I was 8 or 9 years old -- and it was traumatic because I
thought I lost everything I knew, all my friends all the relationships I had
built. It's like you're starting over, and you think about that.

She said, "The grass ain't always greener on the other side."

And everybody says it, but when you think about it, just because you go
somewhere else, that doesn't mean that things are going to be better. She was
just reminding me how I built something in Boston and how I should ride it
out.

That made me change my whole attitude about the situation. I was a captain of
the team. I was making the All-Star team. She said to me, "Make change there.
You're going to have your ups and downs, but it's going to turn around
eventually. You be the one to make change!"

And she was right.

I'm so glad I was able to sign an extension that year. I was so close to
testing free agency. And then I just knew I was here to stay, that Boston is
my city and I love it.

It's funny because I asked Kevin (Garnett) where he wants his number retired.
He's going to be one of the greatest players to ever play this game. He
started in Minnesota. He won his championship in Boston. The same thing with
Ray. He spent so many years in Milwaukee.

And it's like where do you want to be remembered?

I've been in an amazing position to say that I'm going to be linked 100
percent to the Boston Celtics.

To say that I've played with only one franchise, and accomplished what we
have, it's almost like a miracle. You don't see that any more. You don't see
the same players staying with the same team like that. I'm a true follower of
the game and only five guys have played for one team for 10-plus years,
especially in the last 10. There's Tim, Kobe, Ilgauskas, Nowitzki, and me.

You're always going to associate Kobe with the Lakers. You're always going to
associate Timmy with San Antonio. Those guys won championships for their
teams and they've been there their whole career.

You look around the league and see a lot of great players. You have some Hall
of Famers that have been on multiple teams and you think at the end of the
day, which team do they represent? And I can definitely say I am a Boston
Celtic through and through. When people look back at my career they're going
to identify me with one team.

Boston is definitely home.
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很怕翻了破壞文章的美感  所以想說貼這篇讓專業的板友來翻


然後 丹丹缺席的時間好像要延長...

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The Truth   Pierce 真理的精神
1.被砍十二刀 活下來 原本沒有機會再上場 但過一個月復原後馬上上場練習
2.2002年季後賽東區決賽第三場 第三節結束輸21分 第四節結束倒贏3分
3.2008年總冠軍賽第四場 第一節輸21分 最大差距24分 終場贏6分
就是喜歡這種努力不懈的精神...不分天賦...純粹技術...

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