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.
LARRY BIRDThe nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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 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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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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