Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
LARRY BIRDWhile day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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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 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 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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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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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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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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