I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
LARRY BIRDThe more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I like being by myself.
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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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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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