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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.

Larry Bird

Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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Down Let Lose Make Situation Soft Teammate Win
I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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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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Basketball Court Opinion Play Step Taught Way When Win
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.
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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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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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Announcers Basketball Eye
You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Around Been Kinda Know These Thing While
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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