While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
LARRY BIRDYou never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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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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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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First master the fundamentals.
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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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Guys 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.
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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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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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