I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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 doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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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 was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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First master the fundamentals.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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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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