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.
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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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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 knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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