I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
LARRY BIRDMy 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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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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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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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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 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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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 wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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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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