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.
LARRY BIRDWhen 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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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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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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