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.
LARRY BIRDA winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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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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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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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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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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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 used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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First master the fundamentals.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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