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.
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 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’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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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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 really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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