When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
LARRY BIRDAnytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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 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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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’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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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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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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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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