The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRDI like being by myself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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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Guys 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.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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 have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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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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I like being by myself.
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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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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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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 can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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