The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
LARRY BIRDBut it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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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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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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