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.
LARRY BIRDThe more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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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 like being by myself.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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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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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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