Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
LARRY BIRDI’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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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