I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
LARRY BIRDI just shoot until I feel good.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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 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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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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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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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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