I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
LARRY BIRDI really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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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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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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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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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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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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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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