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.
LARRY BIRDLeadership 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..
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I like being by myself.
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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 more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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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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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First master the fundamentals.
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