You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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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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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 name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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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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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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I 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.
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