There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
LARRY BIRDThe best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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