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First master the fundamentals.

Larry Bird

It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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 like being by myself.
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Being Like Myself
I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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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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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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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