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Paul Pierce
The Truth hurts—especially when it comes in the form of the sweet jump shot and competitive fire of Paul Pierce, who goes by the same nickname. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers learned this the hard way in 2008, when Paul led the Boston Celtics to a stirring six-game victory in the NBA Finals. An all-around talent the likes of which Beantown fans haven’t seen since the halcyon days of Larry Bird, Paul proved in his tenth season he can indeed do it all, and then some. This is his story…
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 What does it take to be a great scorer? A nose for the goal. You don’t have to flashy, but you’ve got to always be in the right place at the right time. You can be invisible the whole game, but then there you are in front of the goal at the end.
—Polish Soccer Legend and U.S. Coach Peter Nowak, on a key intangible of his sport
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