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.
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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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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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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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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