I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
LARRY BIRDIt makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I like being by myself.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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First master the fundamentals.
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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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