Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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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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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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