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.
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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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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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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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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’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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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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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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