I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
LARRY BIRDI 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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.
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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 best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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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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