You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
LARRY BIRDIt’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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First master the fundamentals.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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