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.
LARRY BIRDIf 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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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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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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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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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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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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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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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.
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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