But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
LARRY BIRDI 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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