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.
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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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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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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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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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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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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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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