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.
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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I like being by myself.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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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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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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