The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRDPractice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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