I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
LARRY BIRDI just shoot until I feel good.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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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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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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