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.
LARRY BIRDI can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it.
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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 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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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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 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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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