The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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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I like being by myself.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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 used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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 more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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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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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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