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.
LARRY BIRDMy opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I like being by myself.
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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