The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
LARRY BIRDGuys 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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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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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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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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 know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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