Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
LARRY BIRDI just shoot until I feel good.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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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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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 best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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