I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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 wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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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 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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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