My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
LARRY BIRDThe best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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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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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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