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.
LARRY BIRDThe more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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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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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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 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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