I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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First master the fundamentals.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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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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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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