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.
LARRY BIRDFirst master the fundamentals.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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 think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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