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.
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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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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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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.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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