It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
LARRY BIRDWhen I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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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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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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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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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’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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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