Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDBut it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I like being by myself.
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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 had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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