The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRDThe more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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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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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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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 was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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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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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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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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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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