I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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First master the fundamentals.
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