The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRDMaybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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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 just shoot until I feel good.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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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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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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