I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
LARRY BIRDIn 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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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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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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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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