The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
LARRY BIRDA winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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I like being by myself.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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