The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
LARRY BIRDWho in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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 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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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First master the fundamentals.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the 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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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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 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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I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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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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