You’re all playin’ for second place.
LARRY BIRDI used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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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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I like being by myself.
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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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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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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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