It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
LARRY BIRDIt doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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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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When 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.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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