I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
LARRY BIRDI always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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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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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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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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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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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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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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