I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
LARRY BIRDThe best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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 didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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