My name’s been on this check for a week now.
LARRY BIRDYou’re all playin’ for second place.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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First master the fundamentals.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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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 had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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