First master the fundamentals.
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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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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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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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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 was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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 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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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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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 like being by myself.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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