Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDWhen it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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I like being by myself.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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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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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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