It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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First master the fundamentals.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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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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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.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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