I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
LARRY BIRDYou know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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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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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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