Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDI wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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 think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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’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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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 don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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First master the fundamentals.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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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 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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