Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
LARRY BIRDBasketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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 just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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First master the fundamentals.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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