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 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’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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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First master the fundamentals.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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