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.
LARRY BIRDI used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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My 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.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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 can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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