It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
LARRY BIRDAs 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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First master the fundamentals.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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