You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
LARRY BIRDAs 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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