I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
LARRY BIRDYou’re all playin’ for second place.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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 was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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