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 BIRDBut it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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