The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
LARRY BIRDI wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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First master the fundamentals.
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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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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’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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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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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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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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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