In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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 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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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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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Eminem. 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.
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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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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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A 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.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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.
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