Paul Pierce: ‘A lot of y’all just mad that I busted the Lakers ass that year’

Paul Pierce: “Doc used to always say, ‘Guys, we live in a fantasy world. Enjoy this. Y’all don’t even know what real life really is.’ Once real life smacks you in your face, and you start really seeing it, man, you like, ‘Damn.’ That part, they don’t teach you. That transition or show you that transition or put people in place to help you with those transitions when you come and it could be any field. It can be whatever your profession is and you’re on camera, and you’re in the limelight. When that’s taken away from you or when it’s finally gone, that transition…” -via YouTube / March 4, 2024