Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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