I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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 just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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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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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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