I just shoot until I feel good.
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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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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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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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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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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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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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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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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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 always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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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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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 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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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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