When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
LARRY BIRDI wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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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 always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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