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.
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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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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The 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.
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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 was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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I 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.
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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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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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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