Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
LARRY BIRDYou know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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 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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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First master the fundamentals.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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