But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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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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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