When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
LARRY BIRDI had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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 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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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