But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
LARRY BIRDI think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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A 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.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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I like being by myself.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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