When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
LARRY BIRDI mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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 really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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 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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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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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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