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.
LARRY BIRDI didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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Leadership 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.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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First master the fundamentals.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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 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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