Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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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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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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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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First master the fundamentals.
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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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