I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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First master the fundamentals.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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.
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