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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that

Larry Bird

Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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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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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Basketball Crucial Development Habit Practical
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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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I like being by myself.
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Being Like Myself
But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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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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Able Always Basketball Dearly Everything Game Get Greatest Life Love One Paid Perceive Play Thing
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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First master the fundamentals.
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First Fundamental Master
It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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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