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.
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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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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My 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.
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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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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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