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.
LARRY BIRDLeadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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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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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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 don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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