I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
LARRY BIRDThe 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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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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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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