Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
LARRY BIRDI think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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 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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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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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 wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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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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