My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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First master the fundamentals.
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