I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
LARRY BIRDWhen 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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.
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I like being by myself.
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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 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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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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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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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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