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.
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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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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.
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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 always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it..
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