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 BIRDHe 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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