When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
LARRY BIRDI wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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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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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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First master the fundamentals.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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