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.
LARRY BIRDIf 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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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 like being by myself.
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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