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.
LARRY BIRDI can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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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