It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
LARRY BIRDI don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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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’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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