I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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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.
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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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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.
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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