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 BIRDGuys 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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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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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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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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