Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
LARRY BIRDIf 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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 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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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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