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.
LARRY BIRDEminem. 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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First master the fundamentals.
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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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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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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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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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