It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
LARRY BIRDPlayers will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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’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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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 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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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