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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.

Larry Bird

I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
LARRY BIRD

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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it..
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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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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Celebrity Country Disguise God Maybe People Person
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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As 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.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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Basketball Country Disguise God People Person Player
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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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