I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
LARRY BIRDBefore 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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.
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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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