I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
LARRY BIRDI like being by myself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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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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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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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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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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