I just shoot until I feel good.
LARRY BIRDFirst master the fundamentals.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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 think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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