I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
LARRY BIRDWhile day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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First master the fundamentals.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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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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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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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