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.
LARRY BIRDI’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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