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 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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it..
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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When 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.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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