The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
LARRY BIRDPush yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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First master the fundamentals.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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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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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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 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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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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