The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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More Larry Bird Quotes
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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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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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 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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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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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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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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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 used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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 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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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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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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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