My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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