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.
LARRY BIRDWhether 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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 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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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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