It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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First master the fundamentals.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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