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.
LARRY BIRDYou’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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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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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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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 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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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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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