When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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 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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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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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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I like being by myself.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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