But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
LARRY BIRD
My 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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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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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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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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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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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