Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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More Larry Bird Quotes
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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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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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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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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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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 didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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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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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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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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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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