Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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