You’re all playin’ for second place.
LARRY BIRDI wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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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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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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 can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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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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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 more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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