I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
LARRY BIRDBefore every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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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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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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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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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 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 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 don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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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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