I just shoot until I feel good.
LARRY BIRDI think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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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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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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 had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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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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