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.
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 like being by myself.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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 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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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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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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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 think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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