You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
LARRY BIRDI’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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 it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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’re all playin’ for second place.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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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