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.
LARRY BIRDThe best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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 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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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