It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
LARRY BIRDIt doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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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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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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 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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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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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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