Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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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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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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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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