When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
LARRY BIRDWhen I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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First master the fundamentals.
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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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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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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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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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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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