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.
LARRY BIRDI hate to lose more than I like to win.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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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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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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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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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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