Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDI 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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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 best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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 hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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 young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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