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.
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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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 like being by myself.
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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 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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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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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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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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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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