Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
LARRY BIRDWhat’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
More Larry Bird Quotes
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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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 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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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