Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDPractice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDI don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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.
LARRY BIRDI mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
LARRY BIRDThe best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRDWhen I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
LARRY BIRDI’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
LARRY BIRDWhen 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.
LARRY BIRDFirst master the fundamentals.
LARRY BIRDMy coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
LARRY BIRDI think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
LARRY BIRDIt makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
LARRY BIRDI hate to lose more than I like to win.
LARRY BIRDBefore 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.
LARRY BIRDWhile day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
LARRY BIRDI think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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