What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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 can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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 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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