Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
LARRY BIRDI always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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.
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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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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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